Trudeau, cabinet sidestep calls to denounce Trump mocking of Blasey Ford
OTTAWA — Two days before an American-imposed deadline to finalize a new trade deal with the United States and Mexico, the Trudeau government wanted to talk about women’s equality.
It was also the day after Christine Blasey Ford and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh offered opposing and emotionally charged accounts of her allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager during a widely-watched Senate hearing.
Small Business Minister Mary Ng was in Toronto for a funding announcement the Liberals hoped to use as a kickoff to women’s history month, trying to capitalize on Ng’s personal story as a businesswoman navigating the world of national politics.
When the question came about how the women’s equality movement may be impacted by the Kavanaugh hearings, there was an uncomfortable silence.