A Conservative Party of BC MLA is apologizing for a mistake she made in a letter of support for a federal election candidate.
MLA Anna Kindy released the letter to support North Island – Powell River Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn, after he came under fire last week for old social media posts refuting Indigenous people faced a genocide in Canada from residential schools and tweets made regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Her letter was under the official legislature letterhead and Kindy is apologizing.
“This was a mistake, and it will not happen again. I take full responsibility for this error.”
The letter was signed by numerous local officials, including Campbell River Mayor Kermit Dahl, former mayor of Courtenay Larry Jangula, and Courtenay-Comox MLA Brennan Day.
Kindy’s letter followed one that was signed by close to 60 elected and former members of councils and First Nations all over the North Island calling for the Conservative Party of Canada to not endorse Gunn and for him to withdraw his name from the election.
