Posted AT 12:44 PM EDT on 01/04/06
Tory MP retracts suggesting jailing bad journalists
Vernon, B.C. — Soon after proclaiming some journalists should be thrown in jail, Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes apologized for his comments.
Mr. Mayes, a rookie Conservative backbencher, retracted his statements less than a day after sending an editorial column to several small newspapers in his B.C. riding, as well as the Vernon Daily Courier.
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