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Canada's Trudeau apologizes for dressing up in brown face, election chances could suffer

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes for wearing brownface makeup in 2001, to reporters on the Liberal party leader's election campaign jet in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in a still image from video September 18, 2019. [Reuters]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Wednesday for wearing brown face make-up in 2001 after an embarrassing picture emerged less than five weeks before an election in which he faces a tough fight.

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