Conservatives claim Liberal campaign in Oxford byelection was 'racist'
Marshall and others are pointing to signs that dotted the riding in the lead-up to Monday's vote as evidence of racism.
A sign saying 'Dave is from Woodstock, not Brampton' stands next to a Liberal election sign during the Oxford federal byelection. Conservative MP-elect Arpan Khanna previously ran for the party in Brampton, Ont. in 2019. "To say that there were undertones of racism exhibited by the Liberal campaign would be painting the picture with too light of a brushstroke. It was overt and intentional. The signs, comments, ads and literature insinuating that the Conservative candidate was 'not one of us' were disgraceful. It brought Liberal campaigning to a new low that would likely shock many Liberal Party supporters," Fischer said.
Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, Hilderley, who was in Ottawa after his byelection loss for a Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday, called the racism claims "baloney." "Indeed, that claim is baloney," Azam Ishmael, national director of the Liberal Party of Canada, told CBC News when asked about Conservative racism claims.
According to the 2021 census, 90 per cent of the Oxford riding's residents are white English speakers. The second most commonly spoken language in Oxford is Dutch. "I'm not adverse to some hard campaigning but it was unseemly. The only point of their campaign was, 'Arpan is not from here,'" the volunteer said.
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