A high school teacher in Hamilton has been caught on tape telling her class the People’s Party of Canada is “overtly racist.”.Twitter user@ThomasM77845929 tweeted: “It’s bad…this is the Audio from my daughter’s civics class at SHERWOOD SECONDARY in Hamilton Ontario. Not only are the PPC heavily censored, the school board teaches that they’re RACIST.”.The audio has a teacher recapping what sounds like a project and dividing the class into project groups when one student interrupts asking if she can partner with another student and do their project on the PPC..The teacher replies, “I’m not going to do PPC…”.The student again interrupts and reminds the teacher she said they would have the right to vote what they believe “and now you’re not letting us.”.The teacher responds with, “They (the PPC) do have overtly racist policies,” followed by, “I can’t do them in our class.”.It then sounds like the student recording the exchange asks to leave class and call her father to which the teacher is heard saying “sure.”.School district officials say the teacher’s comments are being investigated..“This is a personnel matter and we are reviewing the situation using the guidance of our policies,” said school district Manager of Communications and Community Engagement Shawn McKillop..Local Hamilton mountain PPC candidate, Chelsey Taylor blasted the school..“Unfortunately, we have seen this kind unbacked partisanship from every level of municipal government during the course of this election. When we have council members and teachers act this way, while drawing a salary on the public purse, it’s clear that it’s time to show some integrity and class for a change. We expect that Sherwood Secondary and the entire HWDSB take this opportunity to reflect on just how sad these dangerous words and actions are in a world that is desperate for truth and enlightenment. This teacher should be removed from her job for spewing such hatred on our vulnerable children. Totally unacceptable. .The PPC is a party that stands for equal rights for all regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, etc. Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms are being violated and we are fighting for all Canadians. .I think it’s also important to note, while we’re on the topic of racism in politics, that we currently have a Prime Minister who has done blackface multiple times.”.This comes after a Wednesday announcement the NDP ousted two candidates after posting anti-Semitic comments online..Sidney Coles, running in Toronto-St. Paul’s, and Dan Osborne, running in the Nova Scotia riding of Cumberland-Colchester, have ended their campaigns..Coles tweeted Israel was responsible for missing COVID-19 doses in the US last winter..In 2019, Osborne tweeted at Oprah Winfrey asking “was Auschwitz a real place?”.Conservatives also recently announced the ousting of Beaches-East York candidate, Lisa Robinson, for years-old anti-Islamic tweets..Robinson claims the posts were sent from a fake social media account she had reported to police in 2018. She has paused her campaign to explore her legal options..As well, announced Friday, Spadina-Fort York Liberal candidate Kevin Vuong faces an allegation of a previous sexual assault..The allegations were from an incident in 2019 which Vuong denies. Vuong is the second Liberal candidate who’s had to walk away from their campaigning due to reports of sexual misconduct. Vuong has been asked to pause the campaign..Earlier this month, Liberal candidate Raj Saini dropped out of the federal election race following allegations of sexual misconduct. This after Trudeau and the Liberal Party gave the southwestern Ontario candidate backing to seek re-election despite a number of allegations of inappropriate behaviour toward young female staffers spanning his six years in office..Risdon is a reporter for the Western Standard.mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
