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Canada’s governor general Julie Payette has stepped down in light of allegations that the Queen’s representative had overseen a “toxic” workplace environment in which she berated staff to the point of tears. Payette’s assistant, Assunta Di Lorenzo, will resign too as a result. In a statement, Payette apologized, saying tensions were high at Rideau Hall over […]
A number of world leaders have issued statements addressing the unprecedented scene earlier today in Washington DC when hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on the day Congress was set to certify the 2020 presidential election results. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called today’s events “disgraceful,” and stressed the importance of a “peaceful and […]
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday morning, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a long, 21-second pause when asked to comment on U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to use military force against protesters demonstrating against racial injustice. After much visible hesitation, Trudeau avoided condemning Trump directly while addressing “systemic discrimination” in Canada. “We all watch […]
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been forced to address why their own TV version of the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York doesn’t include Donald Trump‘s 10-second cameo. The scene involves Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister walking through New York’s Plaza Hotel and asking Trump, who owned the hotel at the time, for directions to the lobby. The CBC explained through their head of public affairs Chuck Thompson that Trump’s […]
One week after he launched his re-election campaign, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has found himself at the center of a racial controversy. TIME magazine published a resurfaced photo in which the politician is seen donning brownface. The publication reports the image appeared in the 2000-2001 yearbook of a private school where a then-29-year-old Trudeau was […]
