Liberal MP Ken Hardie has apologized for linking Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre to a shooting in Winnipeg.
“It was unacceptable on my part to leave any suggestion of a direct link to the tragedy in Winnipeg. There was not. For that, I apologize,” Mr. Hardie wrote on X Nov. 28.
Earlier in the day, he had reportedly told The Canadian Press he stood by his comment. His apology came after Government House Leader Karina Gould said she would tell Mr. Hardie his actions were not appropriate.
“It is absolutely inappropriate and that’s not something that anyone should be suggesting, from any political party,” Ms. Gould told reporters on Nov. 28.
Mr. Hardie, who represents a B.C. riding, asked on Nov. 27 if a shooting in Winnipeg earlier this week that killed four people might be related to the “anti-social ‘burn everything down’ far-right attitude we’re seeing creeping in from the U.S.?”
“And the ‘creep’ on the Canadian side? Pierre Poilievre?” he wrote on the X platform.
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Ms. Gould, whose role is to coordinate the government’s day-to-day business in the House, said she would talk to Mr. Hardie and repeat to him what she told reporters.
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