Liberal Party appears to be cracking at every seam. And there’s lots of seams. And lots of cracks. And lots of pot. Lots of crack pots, you might say.
Etobicoke Liberal riding president throws support to Conservatives
In a last-minute blow to high-profile Liberal candidate Michael Ignatieff, the president of the party’s riding association in Etobicoke-Lakeshore swung his support today to Conservative rival John Capobianco in Monday’s federal election.
The controversial process by which Ignatieff was acclaimed the candidate over local hopefuls ruled ineligible by the party was a major factor in the decision, said Ron Chyczij, who had hoped to contest the nomination himself.
“I can no longer in good conscience support the Liberal candidate in this riding,” he said in a statement released this afternoon.
“After the nomination fiasco, I’ve purposely waited on the sidelines to see if Michael Ignatieff can in some way redeem himself as a credible Liberal candidate in this riding . . . this has not happened.”
The move comes in what is believed to be a tight race in the riding, held for 12 years by Liberal MP Jean Augustine, who is retiring.
Chyczij also resigned as president of the riding association and said the “last straw” leading to his decision was controversy about the views of Ignatieff, a former human rights professor at Harvard University, on the Iraq war, torture and ethnic groups.
Ignatieff, the author of 16 books, supported the U.S.-led Iraq war but has vigourously denied charges his writings support torture of suspects in the war on terror and have slandered ethnic groups, including Ukrainians.
Liberal officials and Capobianco’s campaign could not immediately be reached for comment.
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