Quebec Liberals drop Montreal candidate after controversial social media posts surface
Michel Savard apologized after Radio station 98.5 FM uncovered the remarks, and the Liberals said maintaining his candidacy was no longer possible.
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Quebec Liberals drop Montreal candidate after controversial social media posts surface
A Quebec Liberal candidate has been dropped from the party after controversial social media comments he made about the Parti Québécois (PQ) and its leader, Paul St. Pierre Plamondon, have come to light.
“The PQ is a far-right aberration.” “Small Nazis with no stature.” The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) dismissed its candidate Michel Savard, who was running for a seat in Gouin, after screenshots of his unsightly remarks made online surfaced.
A Liberal candidate apologized on Wednesday for very harsh remarks made against PQ activists and their leader last February.
The actor Michel Savard, who will run for office in Gouin, also called PQ activists “small-scale Nazis” in February.
Michel Savard had called the supporters of the PQ leader “small-scale Nazis” on his social networks.
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