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RSS FeedsSnap resignation of Karen Wang gives Liberals just weeks to find new byelection rival for Jagmeet Singh
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

17 january 2019 04:06:09

 
Snap resignation of Karen Wang gives Liberals just weeks to find new byelection rival for Jagmeet Singh
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


VANCOUVER—After the sudden resignation of the Liberal candidate in the coming Burnaby South byelection, attention is turning to whether the party will nominate someone new in a bid to prevent NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh from winning his first-ever seat in Parliament. The decision could determine Singh’s political fate. Karen Wang, the Liberal nominee, stepped down on Wednesday after the Star revealed a post she wrote on WeChat, a Chinese social network. Wang urged voters to support her, the “only Chinese candidate” in the race, and not “Singh of Indian descent.” Singh was born in Scarborough, Ont. and is the first non-white leader of a major federal party.Wang apologized to Singh in a statement announcing her resignation Wednesday morning, after the Star published details of her WeChat post.“My choice of words wasn’t well-considered and didn’t reflect my intent,” she said, adding that she has deep respect for the NDP leader. Read more: Liberal candidate’s WeChat post draws criticism for singling out race of byelection opponent Jagmeet SinghFor NDP’s Jagmeet Singh, the pressure rises as key byelection draw closerJagmeet Singh addresses Canada-China tensions as race for Burnaby South kicks off“I believe in the progress that Justin Trudeau and the Liberal team are making for British Columbians and all Canadians, and I do not wish for any of my comments to be a distraction in that work,” said Wang. Singh told a crowd at a Burnaby press conference on Wednesday that he did not expect race to be an issue in the Feb. 25 byelection. While he encouraged under-represented people to “organize,” he argued “politics that divides people along racial lines is not the type of politics we need from our country.”Singh said he did not take Wang’s comments personally but was concerned about politics that “pick sides and pit people against one another.” He also a ...


 
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