Canada's Freeland says she has full confidence in PM Trudeau as leader

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland at a news conference following a meeting with Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Moe Doiron/File Photo

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Foreign Minister Chyrstia Freeland said on Friday that though she was "troubled and disappointed" by images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface, she had full confidence in his leadership of the party.

"We do happen to have an election and I have tremendous confidence in Justin Trudeau as the leader," said Freeland, the most visible minister of Trudeau's government and a key ally.