Charlie Angus, NDP MP (Timmins-James Bay, ON), tweeted a response to the Western Standard’s story about Angus blaming Alberta resident Sheila Annette Lewis’ death on “right wing disinformation.”.Lewis passed away because she was denied a transplant over her COVID-19 vaccine status..READ MORE NDP MP blames ‘disinformation’ for death of woman denied organ transplant over vax status.Angus doubles down while attacking the Western Standard for spreading “disinformation” leading to Lewis’ death..“‘Charlie Angus blames disinformation for death of woman denied organ transplant because she refused to get vaccinated.’ Yup. Right wing disinformation is toxic and tragic,” tweeted Angus..“This is disgusting. Angus and his kind are projecting,” tweeted Western Standard Publisher Derek Fildebrandt..“They have the death of this woman growing on their conscience, and so they look at anyone to blame but themselves.”.“Instead of being ashamed of his actions, he blames the media,” tweeted Chris Oldcorn, Western Standard Bureau Chief (Saskatchewan and Manitoba), who wrote the original story..On Aug. 27, Angus responded to Pierre Poilievre’s tweet about Lewis and tweeted that “disinformation and conspiracy costs lives.”.“It is appalling that Pierre Poilievre continues to fan the flame of anti-vaxx conspiracy. The fact that he is cheering on a candidate who was kicked out of Doug Ford's caucus is telling. He is promoting a party of extremism.”.Poilievre was responding to a tweet from Conservative candidate Roman Babar for York Centre about Lewis being discriminated against for her refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine..“So glad Roman is our Conservative candidate. I couldn’t agree more,” tweeted Poilievre.
