Carney was asked why the Liberal party hasn’t dropped candidate Paul Chiang for his comments about Conservative candidate Joe Tay.
“The comments were deeply offensive,” said Carney. “This was a terrible lapse of judgment by Mr. Chiang. He has apologized for those comments.”
The Liberal leader added that he spoke to Chiang over the weekend to “understand his position.”
“He is a veteran policeman,” with more than a quarter-century of service to his community, said Carney.
“He will continue with his candidacy going forward, having made those apologies very clearly to the individual, to the community, and moving forward to serve,” said Carney, adding that Chiang is a “person of integrity” who “has my confidence.”
“He will continue with his candidacy going forward, having made those apologies very clearly to the individual, to the community, and moving forward to serve,” said Carney, adding that Chiang is a “person of integrity” who “has my confidence.”
Do you think Poilievre would be able to make a similar statement about Danielle Smith’s election interference allegations?
I think he could, and would, do exactly that, if Danielle Smith were a federal CPC candidate.
It’d be just as wrong, too.
I was thinking about how much of a support/ PR effect Premiers play into elections, and wasn’t sure whether or not the comment was even valid.
Effin’ finally. Let people make mistakes and apologize for them. It’s too late to run a new candidate and voters shouldn’t be disenfranchised on principle.
Let calmer heads prevail