One of federal Liberal candidate Dan Ruimysa国际传媒檚 election signs has been vandalized with blackface.

The incumbent for Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge saw the sign at the roundabout on Airport Way, near the Golden Ears Bridge, when coming back from a rally on Tuesday night.

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The Liberal campaign was rocked by a last week, after images of a younger Justin Trudeau wearing blackface and dressed in ethnic costumes surfaced.

Ruimy defended his partysa国际传媒檚 leader, saying his policies as prime minister show he is not racist, and that he apologized and sa国际传媒渙wnedsa国际传媒� his mistakes.

He said such public racism sa国际传媒� like putting blackface on his signs sa国际传媒� is not socially productive.

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He acknowledged that publicizing the vandalism could make the problem worse, but wanted to call out the perpetrators.

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Ruimy said six other Liberal signs have been cut, knocked down or demolished.

The ridingsa国际传媒檚 Conservative candidate Marc Dalton said he sa国际传媒渃ondemns this disgusting act of vandalism.

sa国际传媒淲hat happened is totally inappropriate.sa国际传媒�

He did, however, also condemn Trudeausa国际传媒檚 sa国际传媒渧arious blackface activities.sa国际传媒�

sa国际传媒淭hey are made worse by him labelling his opponents bigots, racists and white supremacists,sa国际传媒� said Dalton. sa国际传媒淭he hypocrisy of it all is a big disturbing.sa国际传媒�

Daldon said his campaign has also had problems with stolen and vandalized signs.

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