Recently released photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface and blackface are causing an uproar across the country and, B.C.乌鸦传媒檚 Skeena-Bulkley Valley is no exception.

Wet乌鸦传媒檚uwet乌鸦传媒檈n Chief Na乌鸦传媒橫oks, who also goes by the name John Ridsdale, was unequivocal that it sows fear within Indigenous communities.

乌鸦传媒淲hen you have an elected official who actually has photos of that subject matter made public, it affects everybody,乌鸦传媒� he said.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 such a terrible thing where this country has two parties, either Liberal or Conservative, and you always have to take the best of the worst, I guess.

乌鸦传媒淭hat乌鸦传媒檚 what we did when he got in last time, and now between him and that Scheer madness, I thought one was more racist than the other, but now it appears they seem to be neck and neck.乌鸦传媒�

The first photo, published on Wednesday by Time Magazine, shows Trudeau in 2001 in dark makeup, wearing a turban during an 乌鸦传媒淎rabian Nights乌鸦传媒�-themed party at the Vancouver private school where he was a teacher.

Trudeau apologized that evening and acknowledged a second photo of him in brownface. On Thursday morning, a third racist photo of him, this time in blackface, emerged.

Skeena-Bulkley Valley Conservative candidate Claire Ratt茅e said that乌鸦传媒檚 not good enough.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 shocking and pretty disgusting to see something like that coming from our prime minister,乌鸦传媒� she said. 乌鸦传媒淚t was wrong then, it乌鸦传媒檚 wrong now, and I don乌鸦传媒檛 think he乌鸦传媒檚 given a reasonable apology on that at all. I don乌鸦传媒檛 think that he actually understands the gravity of what he乌鸦传媒檚 done.乌鸦传媒�

Dave Birdi, the Liberal candidate and himself a person of South Asian descent, downplayed the issue.

乌鸦传媒淢y main focus is on jobs,乌鸦传媒� he said. 乌鸦传媒淲ith this, I do have trust with Trudeau.

乌鸦传媒淭hose photos of Justin Trudeau don乌鸦传媒檛 matter. What matters are jobs. And wherever I go in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley that乌鸦传媒檚 what I hear.乌鸦传媒�

Chief Na乌鸦传媒橫oks said he worries what it means for Indigenous people going forward.

乌鸦传媒淐anada is supposed to be a pretty caring and sharing country and when you get down to dirty politics, these things come out, but just the fact that he has these, is really disturbing,乌鸦传媒� he said.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 pretty unfair when you have a two-party country. You have options in third and fourth place, but they seem to go down in the polls. This year, I think, the political race is going to get dirtier and dirtier by the day.乌鸦传媒�

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