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RSS FeedsHorwath says NDP is `looking into´ Scarborough candidate accused of sharing Hitler meme
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

25 may 2018 20:34:03

 
Horwath says NDP is `looking into´ Scarborough candidate accused of sharing Hitler meme
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says the party is “looking into” a Scarborough candidate accused by the Progressive Conservatives of using a Hitler meme on her Facebook page five years ago.The Conservatives also called out NDP candidate Tasleem Riaz for “offensive online commentary accusing the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces of committing war crimes” in 2011.“More disturbingly, Ms. Riaz would later follow up her activism by posting and sharing a neo-Nazi meme that shared an ‘inspirational’ quote from Adolf Hitler whom she glowingly referred to as ‘the ruler.’ ”Horwath said she finds it hard to believe Riaz, an interfaith activist, would post anything associated with Hitler.“That’s not something that I would support,” Horwath said outside a high school Friday. “I’m looking into this.”“I’ve known Tasleem for some time now,” added Horwath, who was outside Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute in Scarborough announcing her June 7 election promise of $16 billion to fix a backlog of repairs in schools.“She’s been an activist in interfaith issues.”Riaz issued a statement saying she is “horrified that an inappropriate meme was on my Facebook page. I don’t recall sharing it in 2013 — and at no point in my life would I have done so intentionally.”“I have devoted my life to interfaith religious tolerance and freedom,” she added. “I find Hitler, the hate he spewed and the genocide he committed to be abhorrent.”“I can’t understand how this happened, and I’m devastated that it has.”Horwath was joined at the school announcement by several of her Scarborough candidates but said Riaz and one other were not there because of scheduling conflicts. ‘Read more: NDP ‘gaining momentum,’ surges ahead of Tories in latest pollHorwath promises 4,500 more nu ...


 
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