Liberals sack Quebec candidate who founded white-supremacist group

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Source: The Globe and Mail

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has fired one of his Quebec candidates over disparaging remarks he made about aboriginal Canadians.

André Forbes had been the candidate in Manicougan, a community in northern Quebec. He was the founder and former spokesperson of l’Association des droits des blancs, or the Association for the Rights of Whites.

In a statement, Mr. Ignatieff said that Mr. Forbes “has been informed he is no longer a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada.”

... It was the NDP who revealed Mr. Forbes's past and his remarks, including calling native Canadians “featherheads” and suggesting that governments recognized their rights over those of white people. The party sent out a release Wednesday morning questioning Mr. Ignatieff's judgment in having Mr. Forbes as a candidate.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/liberals-sack-quebec-candidate-who-founded-white-supremacist-group/article1973542/

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Of note: The party is able to decide who can and cannot call themselves a member of the party on a ballot.