Maybe it’s not ‘American style politics,’ maybe we’re just dirtbags
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1 min readOct 8, 2019
It’s a bit funny that there has been so much fear over a Russian disinformation effort in this election, given that Canadians seem perfectly willing to churn out disinformation all on our own.
In recent weeks, rumours and innuendo have swirled suggesting that The Globe and Mail has been working on a hot scoop about Justin Trudeau’s departure from West Point Grey Academy, the Vancouver school he worked at in his late 20s.
It’s at that school where Trudeau donned brownface in a shockingly racist display — the academy’s 2000–01 yearbook is what broke the story wide open.
But many have begun peddling a whole other scandal out of Trudeau’s time at West Point Grey.
