Southwestern Ontario Conservative candidate Mark McKenzie out over 'unacceptable' comments

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The Conservative Party of Canada is nary longer moving its candidate successful the southwestern Ontario riding of Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore implicit past comments the enactment says are "unacceptable."

Party says past comments are unacceptable

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 01, 2025 9:48 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

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Mark McKenzie appears successful a record photo. The Conservative enactment says helium volition nary longer beryllium its campaigner for Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore. (Michael Evans/CBC)

The Conservative candidate successful the southwestern Ontario riding of Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore is nary longer moving for the enactment implicit past comments the party says are "unacceptable."

"The comments are intelligibly unacceptable. Mr. McKenzie volition not beryllium the Conservative candidate," a Conservative enactment spokesperson said.

Mark McKenzie is simply a metropolis councillor and erstwhile vigor property successful Windsor.

The improvement was archetypal reported by CTV News. The broadcaster said it unearthed a 2022 podcast signaling wherever McKenzie expressed enactment for nationalist hangings and jokingly suggested Justin Trudeau should person the decease penalty.

He was nary longer listed arsenic a campaigner connected the party's website arsenic of Tuesday morning.

This is simply a breaking communicative that volition beryllium updated.

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