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The leader of the NDP agreed to a private conversation with Trudeau, but says he is still waiting to hear back from the Liberal Leader on his conditions

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh swaves as he arrives at a campaign event in Essex, Ont., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s still waiting to hear back from Justin Trudeau about whether the Liberal leader is willing to meet his condition for a discussion about the blackface scandal.

“I will always say, yes. It’s important to have dialogue, but I made the condition it has to be a private conversation.”Singh was answering questions at his second campaign stop of the day after holding a roundtable discussion on racism with Toronto community leaders. “I’m worried, because as some of the folks here said, the conversation has been about Mr. Trudeau instead of about the impact on people,” said Singh.That means people who have “faced violence, physical, words, barriers, economic injustice because of the colour of their skin, because they’re Indigenous, because they’re racialized. If we don’t make it about the people, it could be easily forgotten.”

Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna said Saturday Canada still has credibility on the world stage as a climate change champion despite the controversy. “We have Conservative Party and Conservative politicians who do not believe in action on climate change.”

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