TD Bank requested a Conservative MP state his political views when filling out an application to set up a bank account for an election bid, according to an email obtained by the Western Standard..The Conservative MP said he was looking to set up a campaign bank account when he was running in the 2019 election. The campaign account would be run by his financial agent. .The MP requested his name be withheld because he did not want his local branch to be flooded with hate mail..He approached TD about this account, and it provided his campaign with an application. The second question in the application asked him to describe his views. . Bank applicationTD sent a Conservative MP this application, which included a question about his political views. .This question made him uncomfortable, so he opted to go elsewhere. He informed the Conservative national campaign about this experience, asking it to tell fellow candidates about what he went through. .While this MP respects his local TD branch, he said this incident shows the larger problem with social justice culture in banking. .He said he was reminded of this incident after the Western Standard broke an exclusive story on Thursday about how social justice trainers were caught telling a group of TD workers not to vote for the Conservatives because they do not care about indigenous people. .READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: TD diversity trainers caught telling employees to not vote Conservative.“From what I know, Conservatives go against a lot of what indigenous people are trying to do, because they advocate for pipelines,” said one trainer named Carol. .“They don’t want indigenous people to have a voice.” . TD caught on tapeTD caught on tape .TD said it has a long history of providing banking services to political parties and candidates. .“This query is not in keeping with our normal due diligence requirements for opening an account, and for this we sincerely apologize,” said a TD statement to the Western Standard. .“We also hope to speak with the Member and offer our apologies directly to them.”.And TD denied trainers made these comments, claiming the recording captured “the personal opinions of two employees responding to a question asked about their views on the political climate.” The bank said these comments were not affiliated with any training program. .Rebel News was turned down for a mortgage by the Royal Bank of Canada for its political beliefs in December. .Rebel was applying for a commercial mortgage to buy an office building in Calgary. .Despite the application being strong, the Calgary banker said the Toronto head office wanted to review it for politics. Since Rebel has strong opinions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RBC decided to block it.
