Posted AT 7:02 PM EST on 04/09/08
Green party drops B.C. candidate over blog post
VANCOUVER — The federal election campaign is not even officially under way, but the Green Party has already turfed one of its candidates.
The Party announced today that it is dropping John Shavluk, the Green nominee in the suburban riding of Newton-North Delta, from its list of official candidates over an allegedly anti-Semitic remark in a blog by Mr. Shavluk several years ago.
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