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B.C.’s Eby Asks Doerkson to Remove Campaign Chief over Social Media Slamming Islam
Eby says the post reflects a pattern of anti-Muslim rhetoric after Conservatives already fired one candidate over similar comments.
- On Saturday, British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby called on Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson to fire campaign director Katy Merrifield over social media comments calling Islam an "abhorrent ideology."
- Merrifield's June 17 post referenced the privately-funded "Rape Gang Inquiry" published by Rupert Lowe; in the post, she used an expletive regarding Islam and urged her audience to defend "Western civilization."
- Merrifield stated she deleted the post within hours, explaining her anger was directed "at the extremism used to justify these horrific crimes, not at Muslims or their faith." Doerkson previously fired Conservative candidate Joachim Agou for similar anti-Muslim comments.
- When asked why he targets a non-candidate, Eby stated, "Either he removes her, or he very clearly would only remove a candidate, where they didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning."
- Eby's demand forces Doerkson to choose between defending a senior staffer or demonstrating consistency after firing Joachim Agou, underscoring internal party scrutiny over acceptable campaign rhetoric.
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B.C.’s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over social media slamming Islam
VICTORIA — British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is calling on Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson to fire his party's campaign director for comments that called Islam an "abhorrent ideology" which needs to be expelled. Eby, who was speaking a...
B.C.‘s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over social media slamming Islam
VICTORIA - British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is calling on Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson to fire his party's campaign director for comments that called Islam an "abhorrent ideology"
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B.C.'s Eby asks Doerkson to remove campaign chief over social media slamming Islam
VICTORIA - British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is calling on Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson to fire his party's campaign director for comments that called Islam an
·Winnipeg, Canada
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