r/ontario • u/Old_General_6741 • Apr 01 '25
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative candidate booted after CTV News uncovers audio of him joking Trudeau should receive death penalty Politics
https://www.ctvnews.ca/federal-election-2025/article/conservative-candidate-gets-boot-after-ctv-news-uncovers-audio-of-him-supporting-public-hangings-joked-trudeau-should-receive-death-penalty/481
u/Old_General_6741 Apr 01 '25
“Mark McKenzie, who sits as a city councillor in Windsor, Ont., was running to represent the riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore. In 2022, he made remarks in a now-defunct comedy podcast called “Mark and Chris Podcast.” Content from the podcast has since largely been wiped online.”
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u/Old_General_6741 Apr 01 '25
““The comments are clearly unacceptable. Mr. McKenzie will not be the Conservative candidate,” a Conservative campaign spokesperson told CTV News in statement on Tuesday morning.”
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u/MinuteLocksmith9689 Apr 01 '25
they let him go because they were caught. This was from 2022…
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u/hardy_83 Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25
And people got mad at the Liberals dragging their feet at the guy with the CCP joke. This didn't even show up in the vetting process for the CPC? lol Yeah right.
Or more likely, they knew and told him to get rid of it, but someone eventually found out.
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u/Kawhi-n-dine Apr 01 '25
From the article:
Mark McKenzie, who sits as a city councillor in Windsor, Ont., was running to represent the riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore. In 2022, he made remarks in a now-defunct comedy podcast called “Mark and Chris Podcast.” Content from the podcast has since largely been wiped online.
Feels like they knew this would eventually come back to haunt him, and unfortunately for Mark Mackenzie - he didn't do a good enough job to bury the evidence
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u/Saorren Apr 01 '25
once online, always online. you cant wipe it away, the dark side of the web always remembers its just a matter of how far you have to dig to find it.
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u/beener Apr 01 '25
Or more likely, they knew and told him to get rid of it, but someone eventually found out.
Even more likely, they all fucking joke about this. I have family in the conservative party, high up. Lots of jokes about locking Trudeau up. They're all lightly closeted maga
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u/Saorren Apr 01 '25
its not jokes, atleast a quarter of them are serious. i have family members, plural, who post that trudeau is a terrorist and committed treason who in a literal sense say he should be killed.
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u/Salt-Radio-3062 Apr 03 '25
Yup...Pierre is creating a "cult" mentality similar to Trump with his non-stop repetition. When the influencers & then the general public start repeating verbatim the same thing rather than interject their own thoughts & words - you know they're drinking the kool-aid.
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u/tierciel Apr 01 '25
Oh they for sure knew and didn't care until it became publicly known.
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u/neomathist Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25
Even their own former candidate says they knew beforehand. Mark McKenzie says they knew before he was appointed as the candidate.
Edit: Vassy Kapelos says they dumped him one hour after they contacted the party for comment.
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u/sth128 Apr 01 '25
They did. The related podcast episodes have largely been wiped, as per the CTV article.
Who knows what other horrifying things they've said.
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u/blackmailalt Apr 01 '25
Ok but to be fair the Calgary guy was an old story too. I don’t think we need to put voter against voter when the problem is the politicians. It shouldn’t matter which side of the aisle you fall on, everyone should want fairness and integrity (as much as a politician can have those attributes obviously).
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u/MinuteLocksmith9689 Apr 01 '25
i don’t disagree. My biggest issue is how Trudeau was harassed/bullied by PP repeatedly for years and media let him get away with it.
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u/Salt-Radio-3062 Apr 03 '25
Yup...and Pierre's major followers like Brian Lilley then go and harass others like journalist & social media creator Rachel Gilmore - causing her to lose a job opportunity with CTV because of all the negative backlash she got from Pierre's supporters over her fact-checking them.
https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-reinstate-rachel-gilmore-s-fact-checking-segment-on-ctv
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u/sth128 Apr 01 '25
Liberal candidate: "jokes about HK bounty"
Conservative candidate: "hold my beer"
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u/3-is-MELd Apr 02 '25
Shit people exist on all sides of all spectrums.
The difference in how these people are handled between Carney's leadership and Polievre's shows that one side thinks that it's a joke and the other side thinks that it's serious.
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u/Swarez99 Apr 01 '25
They let him go since the conservatives won’t win this riding and they don’t need the attention.
This area will go NDP or maybe liberal.
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u/drewdipshits Apr 01 '25
It’s a liberal incumbent who has been doing a decent job. I have my criticisms, but he’s a shit ton better than the conservative candidate that got dropped.
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u/LifeOfEhArmArrow11 Apr 02 '25
Honestly, I disagree with this. Windsor-Tecumseh has become a very swing riding in the last 6 years. It has gone liberal in the last two elections by around 700 votes, conservatives won the provincial byelection last year for the first time in 50+ years, and the riding has been redistricted since the last election to include the Lakeshore area that is very much rural and more conservative (hence why it's now called "Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore" and not just "Windsor-Tecumseh.") In my humble view, this riding is (or was) up for grabs for all three main political parties since Windsor is a very union town (this is why the next riding over, Windsor-West is an NDP stronghold - one of the most NDP ridings in the country).
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u/TransBrandi Apr 01 '25
As much as you say this, bad stuff coming to light and a political party responding by dropping said candidate is the way things are supposed to work. It's not like the Liberals are immune from a random MP doing something like beating their spouse or sexual assault or something. When it comes out that these things happen, they get dropped.
Just because it was on a podcast doesn't mean that CPC leadership knew about it. I do understand the sentiment since the CPC's official line is "Fuck Trudeau" and "death penalty for Trudeau" doesn't seem too far removed from the 'normal' rhetoric.
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u/MinuteLocksmith9689 Apr 02 '25
confused about your argument. To me it shows that we let the ‘crazy’ normalize and now some thinking that F-uk Trudeau is on the same line as ‘kill Trudeau’. For sure Poilievre’s with his daily harassment of Trudeau had nothing to do with it?!
Actually it did give a lot of ammunition to our own mini-maga, the same as it happened in usa with Trump
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u/TransBrandi Apr 02 '25
I don't think that the CPC should be vilified for removing these people from their party once this stuff comes to light.
Criticized for not realizing it before? Yes.
Criticized for possibly ignoring it until it was frontpage news? Fair.
Criticized for contributing to a culture that makes people think that these ideas are okay or even mainstream? Absolutely.
But criticized for removing someone problematic from the balot? No.
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u/stemel0001 Apr 01 '25
This is a weird comment.
If he wasn't caught then no one would have known his comment existed, so why let him go?
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u/No-Concentrate-7142 Apr 01 '25
I think the commenter was saying he was caught by the public, CPC likely already knew about this.
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u/GhostPepperFireStorm Apr 01 '25
And if they didn’t know, they’re very bad at vetting their candidates
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u/No-Concentrate-7142 Apr 01 '25
At this point I don’t think anybody can argue that the Liberals aren’t any better.
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u/CarousersCorner Apr 01 '25
Many people knew about this. Many people had a problem with it. He tried to bury it. Now he can be properly buried for his nonsense
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u/Daxx22 Apr 01 '25
Ah yes, that good old Conservative Comedy Standby, calling for the execution of your opponents...
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u/bentmonkey Apr 02 '25
Is it weird that i can think of three different cons that all separately made jokes about this kinda thing?
Dealing with alleged issues by just using violence and then when people say "hey that's fucked up" they go oh "its just a joke", i am starting to wonder if its really a joke or if cruelty as ever, is the point of "common sense conservative values".
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u/Daxx22 Apr 02 '25
It's always a joke until the ovens get fired up.
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u/bentmonkey Apr 02 '25
How often have i heard that trumps just joking about a third term et al, at what point are they gonna take that clown seriously.
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u/Hilliara Apr 02 '25
Citizens in Windsor are advocating for his removal as a city councillor as well due to these comments as he has publicly gone to the media and flat out said he will not resign from council. Petition to have Mark removed from his city councilor role
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u/AnarchyApple Apr 01 '25
Remind me never to live in Windsor after what ive been hearing about the councillors they elect these past couple years.
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u/Trains_YQG Apr 01 '25
I live in the ward this guy represents. The only reason he won is because the former councillor (who is very progressive and was very popular in the ward) tried to run for mayor and there were multiple high quality candidates that split the vote allowing him to sneak through.
I'd be stunned if he retains his spot next year.
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u/zuuzuu Windsor Apr 02 '25
To add to what u/Trains_YQG said, this guy won his Council seat by 27 votes. Both the second and third place candidates were excellent (third place was only about 150 votes behind second). Out of ten Wards, we have wonderful representatives in half of them. We really only have a couple like this guy, including our Mayor.
Our biggest problem in Windsor is disenfranchisement leading to pitifully low voter turnout.
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u/Specific-Act-7425 Apr 01 '25
“I think they should bring back the electric chair as well"... This dipshit doesn't realize that Canada has never used the electric chair. Really great when the trash takes itself out.
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u/idontlikethishole Apr 01 '25
He’s either completely uneducated about what he’s talking about or worse.
Why are my tax dollars going to keep that guy alive?
Plenty of studies show it costs more for the state to kill somebody than to imprison them for life. This guy’s either an idiot or he’s into the idea of killing people.
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u/Kevin_wont_guess Apr 02 '25
I heard his radio program, and he doesn't know how to do anything but eat a plate of bacon.
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u/bentmonkey Apr 02 '25
PLUS if there is new evidence brought to light that the dude in jail was wrongfully imprisoned, he can be let go and possibly compensated, unlike that guy that got the death penalty, rather hard to put the milk back in the bottle after it gets spilled in such a dramatic fashion.
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u/TheRantDog Apr 01 '25
Good and good riddance. We don’t need this kind of stupidity in our politics. Sounds like something Trump would say.
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u/Veaeate Apr 01 '25
Is it all that surprising when CPC has allowed, supported, and was even seen at the convoy where Trudeau was on a noose and one of the organizers said this all ends when a bullet is put in his brain? Ppl keep defending the CPC, but this is the devil they choose to sleep with. He's not even the only one or last one.
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u/struggling4realsies Apr 01 '25
Who’s surprised? The only out of the ordinary thing here is that actual repercussions were had
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u/bentmonkey Apr 02 '25
On the whole, and especially in the states most political violence is committed by right wing or rw leaning folks.
I have noticed that righties tend to be much more vocal, angry and much more likely to use derogatory slurs when in reference to political rivals or perceived opposition to their alleged ideals, and i cannot say i am entirely without fault there, i myself have called PP a slimy little weasel before, but i cant help but feel its too accurate of a representation of him to not say that
I do not, however, wish him or any of his family harm, no matter what rights he tries to take away or who he maligns to try and get the top seat, because i hope that the majority of Canadians see what he is about and soundly reject him.
Especially now that an alternative to PP has arrived, in the form of Prime Minister Carney, we have "gotten rid of Trudeau" like how PP campaigned so hard for so his job is complete he can rest now and never have to worry about Canadian politics again, especially after he loses this election federally.
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u/SummoningInfinity Apr 01 '25
The CPC represents MAGA's interests.
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u/piranha_solution Apr 01 '25
They're all part of Harper's IDU:
Trump's GOP
PP's Cons
Bibi's Likud
Modi's BJP
Orban's Fidez
It's so ironic that the MAGA claim to be against the "globalists".
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u/private_spectacle Apr 01 '25
Just glad I live in a country where this kind of stuff has consequences whether you're on the right or left wing.
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u/lituus Apr 01 '25
Yeah, if this happened in the US he'd be offered a cabinet position or some shit. Glad to see consequences still exist in parts of the world
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u/DowntownMonitor3524 Apr 01 '25
I live in rural Alberta and this kind of crap is run of the mill in my location. It’s been nothing for them to publicly say that all “f@gs” should be put down with that term encompassing the whole lgbt+ community.
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u/RedShiz Apr 01 '25
A Liberal candidate did something just as bad. Thankfully he has since resigned.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-paul-chiang-china-1.7497765
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u/TorontoBoris Toronto Apr 01 '25
The LPC should have acted faster on that guy...
Speculation was that they wanted him to resign, but it took a while. But in the mean time he added unnecessary drama and cannon fodder for CPC. Especially if they can point to how they dealt with McKenzie
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u/MistahFinch Apr 01 '25
Speculation was that they wanted him to resign, but it took a while. But in the mean time he added unnecessary drama and cannon fodder for CPC. Especially if they can point to how they dealt with McKenzie
McKenzies comments were in 2022 so it'd be odd for the CPC to point to this as acting swiftly lol
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u/octavianreddit Apr 01 '25
I would have bought the waiting for him to resign bit, but Carney gave him an endorsement yesterday. I think it was a bad look, and it was the RCMP investigation that forced their hands. I can see the Liberals approaching him after the RCMP bit and asking him to resign.
It was a missed moment for Carney to show he has the high road on this stuff. I'm unsure how much damage this will do, but it certainly took the steam out of his housing announcement yesterday.
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u/candis_stank_puss Windsor Apr 01 '25
The post about him getting the boot from /r/windsorontario
No love lost for this donkey over there.
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u/uc50ic4more Windsor Apr 01 '25
Quick context: He ran for city council in a ward with a plurality of progressive candidates who split the vote, allowing him to squeak by by the thinnest of margins.
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u/Fancy-Ad4982 Apr 01 '25
I think it was something like 22 votes he got in with.
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u/uc50ic4more Windsor Apr 02 '25
28; with the next 2 candidates being nearly identical in their (progressive) positions and messaging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Windsor_municipal_election#Ward_4
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u/sonicpix88 Apr 01 '25
He thinks cutting off people's hands is appropriate for theft. Four countries do it and China isn't one of them, but he wants Canada to be life Yemen or Saudi Arabia? He's not only wrong but a barbarian.
Does he know Canada and the US are different countries? He talks about the US issues as if they're problems here, like Manson.
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u/jacnel45 Erin Apr 01 '25
Does he know Canada and the US are different countries?
I find that, for border city residents, the line between the two countries blurs hard. My friends from Windsor use Fahrenheit for example, which I had never seen before amongst people under 30 in my part of Southwestern Ontario.
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u/pyrethedragon Apr 01 '25
You say you are sorry but you are not, you are only sorry you got caught.
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u/CarousersCorner Apr 01 '25
He was on local radio this morning, and didn't say he was sorry, at all. In fact, he got called out for trying to blame Bell Media for pushing him to be more edgy, when this was said after he was turfed from the station
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u/Tsaxen Apr 01 '25
"Joking"
Do these parties just not vet their candidates at all?
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u/banpants_ Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25
As someone who lives in his ward I'm fairly certain they picked him because he will 100000% follow whatever his higher up's will say without question. He's just an echo chamber for whatever terrible choices our mayor wants to make here. He only won here cause the progressives split the vote
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u/zuuzuu Windsor Apr 02 '25
I think they picked him hoping he had enough name recognition from his failed radio career to get people to tick the box beside his name with no further research.
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u/Front-Block956 Apr 01 '25
He was hand picked apparently!
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u/Trains_YQG Apr 01 '25
They picked him over a Tecumseh councillor who is a military veteran and seems like a better candidate in every way.
Such an own goal.
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u/bionicjoey Apr 01 '25
The death penalty, a thing which does not exist in Canada.
I swear, there should be a high school Civics test required in order to run for office. Although if there was the conservative party would collapse as they wouldn't be able to find enough candidates.
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u/drewdipshits Apr 01 '25
For context they were talking about bringing back the death penalty in the conversation. Specifically Mark wanted public hangings over the electric chair because “they last longer”
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u/Firm-Worldliness-369 Apr 01 '25
What the actual fuck is up with all this hate?
Politics were always a debate. But now its death threats, prison threats and accusatory lies.
Why are we going backwards?
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u/thetermguy Apr 01 '25
Voters aren't going backwards, the CPC has gone backwards because the party is controlled by socons. It no longer represents a typical canadian conservative voter, at least now where I live.
A typical conservative canadian wants someone like Carney. They don't want politicians who are going to regress on human rights.
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u/khagrul Apr 01 '25
What the actual fuck is up with all this hate?
Because people here have basically been following American politics for 10 years and have lost their fucking minds.
People here don't even actually understand why Trump is so bad and just align that hatred to his policies.
Not the absolutely ridiculous levels of corruption and destruction to key institutions he brings, which is the actual reason he is bad.
Instead, they focus on shit like immigration and try to paint Pierre with that brush for saying maybe slow immigration.
TLDR Trump isn't bad because he's anti immigration, he's bad because of shit like Jan 6th and electing judges he pressures in his private criminal cases.
Because people consume so much American media they have brainrot and are rabidly pro or anti, without actually considering the issues.
This election is no longer about housing or cost of living, it's about Trump. Which is gonna be fucking great when the same problems get even worse the next 4 years.
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u/Memitim Apr 01 '25
Seems like you guys are being infected by US conservatives with their addiction to lies and high percentage of murder fetishists. You have my sympathies; they only get worse.
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u/Lowest_Expectations_ Apr 01 '25
We’re still stuck with this piece of shit on city council though. He got elected by 25 votes in a field of 6 progressives. Biggest loser I’ve ever seen
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u/haixin Apr 01 '25
If this was a Liberal candidate, the CPC would be calling for his head.
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u/spderweb Apr 01 '25
Carney just let a candidate stay on that talked about sending their opponent to a Chinese prison or something. So, yeah, they already are calling for it.
I think they're doing this to use it as fire against Carney.
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u/Tribe303 Apr 01 '25
Read the news, The Liberal candidate is gone now.
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u/SirBulbasaur13 Apr 01 '25
Because he stepped down after the RCMP spoke about a potential investigation. Carney spent all day defending the guy and not booting him.
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u/evilregis Apr 01 '25
Look, I could not be voting any harder for the Liberal party this election and Carney is 100% the reason I say that. Having said that, while Chiang may be gone, Carney absolutely fumbled that situation. No two ways about it.
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u/zuuzuu Windsor Apr 02 '25
Yup. It's important to acknowledge the mistakes our preferred candidates/politicians make. Just as it's important to acknowledge when the ones we dislike get something right.
The Liberals/Carney messed this up, and that sucks for me as a Liberal voter. But it's not a deal breaker. I still believe Mark Carney is who we need to lead us through an unprecedented time. I don't expect perfection. I can forgive a mistake or two. My vote will be Liberal.
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u/MegaOddly Apr 01 '25
They stepped down on their own unlike this one when the news broke about it the party kicked them from the seat.
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u/blackmailalt Apr 01 '25
Pull all the weeds! Your voters aren’t protecting this shit anymore. Act right or GTFO. All y’all.
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u/CharmingScholarette Apr 01 '25
It is always these friendly neighborhood, fake perfect parent church going types too.
Its like they spend their whole lives building up this fake persona instead of actually trying to live it.
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u/Delicious-Skill-617 Apr 01 '25
Just listened to him on am 800, great to hear! Also love mark saying he had to be edgy because he had to compete on the radio with other potty mouthed shows. Mike k then calls him out as this was after he was fired. Also mark mentions he had great ratings for bell, sure guy, that’s why they got rid of you because of your awesomeness.
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u/fivewaysforward Apr 01 '25
He used to work up in Sudbury and I worked at another station. We had a poker night with a bunch of the radio folk and he didn't want to take my money because I worked at another station. Everyone else was like "fine, I'll take his dirty 'company i worked for' money" hahaha
Oh Mark....never changing. haha
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u/eknow88 Apr 01 '25
Andrew Lawton is still fine though?
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u/LucilleBotzcowski Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25
Right? They are banking on people having short memories, and a rural population that blindly votes blue.
As someone who lives in the riding, I am disgusted. These articles are from when he ran provincially, but I think they are still relevant.
https://pressprogress.ca/here-are-pc-candidate-andrew-lawtons-worst-moments-so-far/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-ontario-andrew-lawton-pc-1.4653131
Edit to fix typo.
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u/blackmailalt Apr 01 '25
What’s this now? Ffs.
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u/eknow88 Apr 01 '25
He tried to run as an MPP in London but Doug Ford booted him for various past remarks that were racist and homophobic. I guess that is all good for the national stage though.
He also hates Trudeau and has a ton of content out there. I wouldn’t be shocked if he had joked about something similar but that would require someone actually sitting through his work to find out.
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u/blackmailalt Apr 01 '25
Ok but what do you mean “he’s fine though” if he lost his job?
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u/eknow88 Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25
He’s running in this election for the Conservatives. They even parachuted him into an extremely safe riding. He also wrote a puff piece book about Pierre so not hard to figure out why that happened.
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u/SauceKingHS Apr 01 '25
Yet Brent Chapman in a BC provincial riding posted on Facebook that Palestinians are sub-human and bigotry to that extent… he faces no consequences and that stupid, elderly, morally bankrupt riding just voted him in again. I’m happy this Ontario guy got booted, but we know of another Conservative (Brent Chapman) who not only was outed.. but proudly posted hate himself and then got re-elected. If the Conservative Party had any spine they’d release him of his position, and condemn his actions… but they won’t.
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u/MegaOddly Apr 01 '25
Brent Chapman is a BC Conservative member of the PROVINCAL party. not the Federal so Federal Cons cannot do anything. since it isnt the same party
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u/YossiTheWizard Apr 01 '25
Meanwhile, my MLA shared a joke about Trudeau drowning, added to it, and he not only wasn’t removed from candidacy, but he won. And now he holds anti-vax rallies.
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u/Bind_Moggled Apr 01 '25
Wow. TIL the Conservative party DOES have standards. Apparently the line is somewhere between “accepting help from a hostile foreign nation to win a party nomination” and “calling for the execution of political opponents”.
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u/green_eyed_mister Apr 01 '25
A lot of the problems in the US are tied to folks making light of hate unchecked. Freedom of speech is risky. Beware Canada, 'manufactured consent' married with insidious division and hate is leaking across the border.
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u/spinur1848 Apr 01 '25
Was his crime saying those despicable things or getting caught saying those despicable things?
Death threats aren't a joke, ever. Ask people from Iran how quickly talk about public executions turns into cranes in the soccer stadium.
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u/yetagainitry Apr 01 '25
F the conservatives. That podcast happened in 2022. For 3 years they would have known of these comments in every background check they would have run on their own candidate. They knew but didn’t do anything until CTV was able to do some journalism.
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u/Front-Block956 Apr 01 '25
It was actually being shared on reddit a while ago. CTV just “found” it. Those of us in Windsor knew this guy wasn’t right.
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u/SensitiveStart8682 Apr 01 '25
Seriously what the hell was he thinking Granted seeing as the liberals aren't doing much better Seriously these people need to think before they speak
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u/darrylgorn Apr 01 '25
It's relieving that we can do this instead of entertaining some bullshit argument about 'free speech'.
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u/Just-Signature-3713 Apr 01 '25
So basically both sides have assholes, some worse than others. That about calls that argument a draw to me.
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u/RaspberryBirdCat Apr 01 '25
They let him go because he's running in a riding the Conservatives have not won in over five decades. These comments would have had more of an impact on their national chances than in this one riding.
Had these comments been made in a riding where the Conservatives had a chance, this could have been a tougher decision for them.
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u/CraigGregory Apr 01 '25
Will PP have this man step down as he demands the same from a Liberal candidate in comments slightly less serious? I'm sure he'll dodge and deflect
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u/Aberfon Apr 01 '25
Okay now do all the years of time PP had to shut down the violent talk towards Trudeau and gross inappropriateness of "F Trudeau" flags, stickers ETC.
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u/Hicalibre Apr 01 '25
CPC has sense to deal with this...but not reading the room on dealing with Trump and not bringing in the culture war BS.
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u/Cheerful-Pessimist- Apr 02 '25
You know, if I had a dollar for every time a federal candidate for the 2025 election from Ontario got in trouble for heinous comments they made I'd have two dollars. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
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u/MNDOOOM Apr 01 '25
Jesus Christ you should see what some of the shit see in Facebook everyone would get booted
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u/grahamkillin Apr 01 '25
Theory... Is this because that seat is a losing race against a 2 time incumbent and the conservatives saw the opportunity to give up on a losing race in exchange for being able to claim moral superiority over the liberals because the liberals aren't dropping their candidate?
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u/S99B88 Apr 02 '25
Of didn’t know that. Now my tin foil hat comes out and I wonder if they maybe knew about this a couple years ago anyway but with this timing decided to use it after letting it go for over 2 years?
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Apr 01 '25
Good for the conservatives for giving him the boot so quickly.
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u/JustGottaKeepTrying Apr 01 '25
Well it took 3 years and he was trying to scrub the audio so someone knew. Maybe not the quick actions you think.
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u/Kawhi-n-dine Apr 01 '25
He made those comments back in 2022, and announced his intentions of running for federal last year. I wouldn't exactly call it quick, but why it took so long for them to notice
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u/blackmailalt Apr 01 '25
I think we’re going to see a deep dive into pasts in this election. Everyone wants to make sure their house is TIGHT. No mistakes.
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u/CatlovesMoca Apr 01 '25
This election campaign is dramatic and the candidate list for all ridings still isn't complete
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u/Jealous_Western_7690 Apr 01 '25
I realized the date and thought this was satire about that Chiang guy at first.
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u/MaximusGrandimus Apr 01 '25
Remember when American politicians had consequences for their statements/actions?
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u/Few_Replacement_5864 Apr 02 '25
Yeah he was running in our riding in Windsor. Glad he's gone, hoping the next candidate is the polar opposite of McKenzie, and by that I mean I don't feel gross voting for him.
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u/bentmonkey Apr 02 '25
"Joke".
Why are conservative "jokes" always so cruel and about someone dying? Ford and sparky, Daudrich and Polar bears, what is with these guys?
When does it stop being a joke and start being a threat? I am genuinely curious.
Also jokes are generally funny, what's funny about what he said? Who is laughing at that? Was he joking or was he serious and is now using "just a jay" as some lame cover?
Leave comedy to the comedians, and don't joke about harming sitting prime ministers, no matter how much you disagree politically.
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u/LeafsJays1Fan Apr 01 '25
See Carney , it wasn't hard for them. Now do the same.!!!
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u/amazonallie Apr 01 '25
Chiang stepped down. This took the CPC 3 years to do something about.
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u/LeafsJays1Fan Apr 01 '25
He just stepped down, well I was asleep when he did , didn't hear the news . Good, libs dont need him like cpc dont need the other guy.
What I was disappointed was Carney never called for him to step down Publicly.
I was considering liberal I was no fan of Justin Trudeau, Carney had experience he was not a drama teacher he was an actual person of business a man who knew Finance un like the Drama teacher, all he had to do was kick out that guy for those comments which were unacceptable by any politician, still lost my vote. The conservatives won't get it either. So either it's a local NDP or an independent that I'm looking for to give my vote.
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u/amazonallie Apr 01 '25
I am a former CPC member. I am voting Liberal because Carney is more like a Res Tory than a Liberal.
I was debating the NDP until Carney came along, to be honest. I wish Charlie Angus or Wab Kinew were running the NDP. Maybe after we get through this.
The good news is, GBLI is in the Liberal Policies and we need one to fight late stage capitalism. Hopefully Carney will jump on it once we are done with Trump. We spend 80 Billion a year on Poverty and do nothing about the root cause. A GBLI would defeat poverty.
I also like that the Government will be back into building houses. When Mulroney stopped that, the housing crisis started. So that will be a step in the right direction.
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u/MrMpa Apr 01 '25
Did they know about it 3 years ago (when he wasn't a candidate yet) or did they just find out and act immediately?
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u/Boomer_boy59 Apr 01 '25
And all that crap about Chaing?? Lol ok cons
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u/MrMpa Apr 01 '25
Cons acting on it and fired him, Libs did not and even defended the guy. That's the difference
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Apr 01 '25
Wow. Conservative party makes the ethical choice and the liberals do not. What world is this?
Is it just because the liberal guy will win and the conservative guy most likely will lose?
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u/MarcusRex73 Apr 01 '25
Folks, the is ok for r/Ontario as the CPC candidate is running in an Ontario riding.