Two days before the federal election The Peoplesa国际传媒檚 Party of Canada Association fired back at its former president of the Kelowna-Lake Country district, who resigned while making accusations of racism within the party.
Daniel Joseph is running as an independent in the Kelowna-Lake Country riding after leaving the PCC party in March. Joseph announced his resignation in a video he posted to Facebook on March 29.
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Among those people Joseph was referring to was Glen Walushka, who was then the partysa国际传媒檚 provincial coordinator.
A release from the PPC Association on Saturday discredited Josephsa国际传媒檚 accusations, saying the party has worked hard to sa国际传媒渄ispel any accusations that were directed at us and the party.sa国际传媒�
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The release pointed to an earlier response from Walushka: sa国际传媒淭he Kelowna-Lake Country PPC Association has always maintained that there was no basis for the allegations that were brought forth by Daniel Joseph only after he was removed from his position as the elected President of the Kelowna-Lake Country PPC Association.sa国际传媒�
The PPCsa国际传媒檚 statement also referenced a Globe and Mail story published on Friday night, which reported that the Conservative Party of Canada paid Daisy Group - a consulting firm owned by Warren Kinsella - to discredit the party, in part by pushing messages of racism within the party on social media. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has so far declined to comment on whether his party used the firm to spread disinformation.
The smear campaign is said to have taken place from April 16 through June 30.
sa国际传媒淭hat is around the time that Daniel Joseph made his claims,sa国际传媒� said Peter Neville, the PPCsa国际传媒檚 CEO of Kelowna-Lake Country.
Neville said the timeline of the Kinsella campaign coincided with Josephsa国际传媒檚 comments and departure from the party, and was also around the time that Walushkasa国际传媒檚 email account appeared to have been hacked. In June it was reported that the PPC appeared to be the target of cyber fraud, spreading false emails from the PPCsa国际传媒檚 top organizers in an effort to make them appear racist.
sa国际传媒淎ll we know is that according to the Globe, the plan was in place around about the time that Glen Walushkasa国际传媒檚 email was hacked and false emails were sent out - many of them mentioning racism. Whether Daniel had anything to do with this or not we donsa国际传媒檛 know,sa国际传媒� said Neville.
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On Saturday Joseph responded to the PPCsa国际传媒檚 disavowal of his past comments by saying he still stands by them sa国际传媒�100 per cent.sa国际传媒�
Joseph also rejected any implication that he was connected to the email hacking, or to yesterdaysa国际传媒檚 revelations related to Kinsella.
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