Two days before the federal election The People91裸聊视频檚 Party of Canada Association fired back at its former president of the Kelowna-Lake Country district, who resigned while making accusations of racism within the party.
Daniel Joseph is running as an independent in the Kelowna-Lake Country riding after leaving the PCC party in March. Joseph announced his resignation in a video he posted to Facebook on March 29.
91裸聊视频淯nfortunately, this party that shouted from the rooftops it was different, has proven to me that it isn91裸聊视频檛 different at all,91裸聊视频� Joseph said in the post. 91裸聊视频淭hey are allowing racist, xenophobic, homophobic and downright hateful people into positions of authority and influence.91裸聊视频�
Among those people Joseph was referring to was Glen Walushka, who was then the party91裸聊视频檚 provincial coordinator.
A release from the PPC Association on Saturday discredited Joseph91裸聊视频檚 accusations, saying the party has worked hard to 91裸聊视频渄ispel any accusations that were directed at us and the party.91裸聊视频�
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The release pointed to an earlier response from Walushka: 91裸聊视频淭he Kelowna-Lake Country PPC Association has always maintained that there was no basis for the allegations that were brought forth by Daniel Joseph only after he was removed from his position as the elected President of the Kelowna-Lake Country PPC Association.91裸聊视频�
The PPC91裸聊视频檚 statement also referenced a Globe and Mail story published on Friday night, which reported that the Conservative Party of Canada paid Daisy Group - a consulting firm owned by Warren Kinsella - to discredit the party, in part by pushing messages of racism within the party on social media. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has so far declined to comment on whether his party used the firm to spread disinformation.
The smear campaign is said to have taken place from April 16 through June 30.
91裸聊视频淭hat is around the time that Daniel Joseph made his claims,91裸聊视频� said Peter Neville, the PPC91裸聊视频檚 CEO of Kelowna-Lake Country.
Neville said the timeline of the Kinsella campaign coincided with Joseph91裸聊视频檚 comments and departure from the party, and was also around the time that Walushka91裸聊视频檚 email account appeared to have been hacked. In June it was reported that the PPC appeared to be the target of cyber fraud, spreading false emails from the PPC91裸聊视频檚 top organizers in an effort to make them appear racist.
91裸聊视频淎ll we know is that according to the Globe, the plan was in place around about the time that Glen Walushka91裸聊视频檚 email was hacked and false emails were sent out - many of them mentioning racism. Whether Daniel had anything to do with this or not we don91裸聊视频檛 know,91裸聊视频� said Neville.
91裸聊视频淲e can91裸聊视频檛 say that any of these are connected but we do have a lot of coincidental stuff going on,91裸聊视频� he added.
On Saturday Joseph responded to the PPC91裸聊视频檚 disavowal of his past comments by saying he still stands by them 91裸聊视频�100 per cent.91裸聊视频�
Joseph also rejected any implication that he was connected to the email hacking, or to yesterday91裸聊视频檚 revelations related to Kinsella.
91裸聊视频淏y bringing up my name and then bringing up Kinsella, that91裸聊视频檚 what it sounds like they91裸聊视频檙e trying to say,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 know the exact timeline of the Kinsella thing, but they are two completely separate events. They91裸聊视频檝e got nothing to do with each other.91裸聊视频�
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