Two NDP candidates are out of the 2021 federal election after posting anti-Semitic comments online..The party confirmed Wednesday morning Sidney Coles, running in Toronto-St. Paul’s, and Dan Osborne, running in the Nova Scotia riding of Cumberland-Colchester, have ended their campaigns..Party spokesperson George Soule said the pair have agreed to learn about anti-Semitism..Coles sent a tweet claiming Israel was responsible for missing doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the US last winter..Coles apologized for posting “unsubstantiated theories about vaccine supply linked to Israel,” and said it was never her intent to indulge a “common antisemitic trope,” the Toronto Star reported..In 2019, Osborne tweeted at Oprah Winfrey asking “was Auschwitz a real place?”.He later said he couldn’t recall sending the tweet, but offered an apology..On the campaign trail, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called the messages unacceptable..“I want to be very clear: their comments were completely wrong and have no place in our party,” he said during a campaign stop in Essex, Ont., on Wednesday morning..“Those messages were completely unacceptable and the right decision was made.”
Two NDP candidates are out of the 2021 federal election after posting anti-Semitic comments online..The party confirmed Wednesday morning Sidney Coles, running in Toronto-St. Paul’s, and Dan Osborne, running in the Nova Scotia riding of Cumberland-Colchester, have ended their campaigns..Party spokesperson George Soule said the pair have agreed to learn about anti-Semitism..Coles sent a tweet claiming Israel was responsible for missing doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the US last winter..Coles apologized for posting “unsubstantiated theories about vaccine supply linked to Israel,” and said it was never her intent to indulge a “common antisemitic trope,” the Toronto Star reported..In 2019, Osborne tweeted at Oprah Winfrey asking “was Auschwitz a real place?”.He later said he couldn’t recall sending the tweet, but offered an apology..On the campaign trail, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called the messages unacceptable..“I want to be very clear: their comments were completely wrong and have no place in our party,” he said during a campaign stop in Essex, Ont., on Wednesday morning..“Those messages were completely unacceptable and the right decision was made.”