Canadian Liberal Candidate Dumped for Anti-Semetic Remarks on 9/11 Attacks

Liberal candidate Lesley Hughes for Kildonan–St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba was dropped by party leader Stéphane Dion on Friday.

This comes after an article Hughes wrote following the 9/11 terrorist attacks that some saw as being anti-Semitic. In the article Hughes suggested that Israeli businesses in the Twin Towers had prior knowledge of the attacks, because they had evacuated the building a week before.

Peter Kent, Thornhill Conservative candidate, said earlier Friday that Hughes’ failure to apologize for her comments makes her unfit for public office and Stéphane Dion should fire her immediately.

Unlike Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who had one of his ministers cracking jokes about the listeriosis deaths, Dion showed leadership and took action immediately.

Hughes' campaign office has since been shutdown and her volunteers have been reassigned to other Liberal ridings within Winnipeg.

via ChrisD.ca