Conservatives drop 4th candidate, this time in Etobicoke North

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A Conservative enactment campaigner is retired of the moving aft engaging with a remark connected societal media that suggested that immoderate radical should beryllium deported to India and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should "take care" of them.

Don Patel is 4th Conservative campaigner to beryllium removed from campaign

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 10:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Don Patel, who was moving  for the national  Conservative Party successful  Etobicoke North, is shown present  with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Don Patel, who was moving for the national Conservative Party successful Etobicoke North, is shown present with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. (Don Patel/Facebook)

A Conservative enactment campaigner is retired of the moving aft engaging with a remark connected societal media that suggested that immoderate radical should beryllium deported to India and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should "take care" of them.

The Conservative enactment confirmed Wednesday that Don Patel, who was moving successful Etobicoke North, was "no longer a candidate." Patel is the 4th campaigner to beryllium dropped successful this campaign.

"Endorsing specified a connection is intelligibly unacceptable," a Conservative run spokesperson said successful a statement. "The Conservative Party volition ever basal up for the information and information of Canadians."

The Conservatives besides dropped a nominee who joked that erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau should beryllium executed, and different whose online posts included claims that Russia's penetration of Ukraine was provoked by the enlargement of NATO.

Liberal incumbent Paul Chiang bowed retired of the run precocious Monday aft suggesting that different campaigner could beryllium turned implicit to Chinese officials successful speech for a bounty.

The Liberals person besides dropped Thomas Keeper successful Calgary-Confederation arsenic the enactment says helium failed to disclose a stayed home battle complaint from 2005.

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