UCP hopeful Smith fires campaign's phone operators after 'racist' remarks yyc UCP abpoli
Smith said that as a person of Indigenous ancestry, she stands in solidarity with First Nations people toRegarding the videos Smith said, “TThe videos show a man, apparently Denis, speaking in an exaggerated voice into a phone, making comments including “you’re passing the liquor store” and “the province has taken away our casino … just a bunch of white men coming after us.”
“I have no recollection of these events, however, it is possible I said them years ago while under the influence of alcohol. If so, I am truly sorry,” he said. Some of the videos, he said, were shot outside his then-southeast home two years ago during a barbecue while he and Denis made jokes about a comedy audiotape depicting a fictional Indigenous radio station called Brocket 99 that many consider racist.Article content
Chandler said he’s been ejected from the campaign in its closing days by a candidate spooked by a repeat of the 2012 provincial election, in which a lead for Smith’s Wildrose party rapidly evaporated after she didn’t condemn a party candidate who’d made remarks about homosexuals burning in a “lake of fire.”
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