Two weeks until the Canadian election. Prime Minister Tinkerbell may or may not hold on. I don't know. But golden boy has certainly lost his glow.
Canada opposition leader slams Trudeau as a fraud in key election debate
David Ljunggren,
Kelsey Johnson
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Andrew Scheer, Canada’s main opposition leader, on Monday kicked off a key televised election debate by lashing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “a phony and a fraud” who did not deserve to win an Oct. 21 election.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gesture to each other as they both respond during the Federal leaders debate in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada October 7, 2019. Justin Tang/Pool via REUTERS
Polls show Scheer’s Conservatives have a real chance of defeating the ruling Liberals, whose campaign stumbled last month after images emerged showing Trudeau in blackface. Trudeau has repeatedly apologized for the images.
The two-hour debate — the only one to be held in English, the language spoken by two-thirds of Canada’s 38 million population — has traditionally been regarded as an important way of winning the minds of voters.
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Scheer, asked to comment on foreign policy, said Trudeau was only pretending to stand up for Canada and noted the Liberal leader had not at first revealed how many times he had put on dark make-up.
“He can’t even remember how many times he put blackface on, because the fact of the matter is he’s always wearing a mask ... he puts on a middle-class mask and then raises taxes on middle-class Canadians,” said Scheer.
“Mr. Trudeau, you are a phony and you are a fraud and you do not deserve to govern this country,” continued Scheer, who is promising to cut taxes and make life more affordable.
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