A Maple Ridge school trustee candidate is answering questions about a video being shared online that shows him addressing a crowd in Vancouver during a sa国际传媒渇reedomsa国际传媒� rally last year.

The video dated 6 p.m. May 15, 2021, is posted to Twitter and shows candidate Brian Dominick on the stairs of the Vancouver Art Gallery with a World Freedom Rally sign behind him.

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Vancouver anti-lockdown speaker Brian Paul today says that they are facing a "global elitist parasite" problem and that "they are the ones that need to be exterminated," to which the audience cheered

After him Marco Pietro, who has made videos denying the Holocaust, got to speak

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When reached by phone at his Maple Ridge ebike and scooter store, Dominick did not deny that he is the one in the video making the comments.

His complaint was that the video is being shared by what he says is a conspiracy site, not an accredited media outlet.

The video is posted to Twitter sa国际传媒� where anyone from the public can view it sa国际传媒� by an independent Twitter user who does not appear to be linked to an organization or group. Dominick also refused to explain what he meant by his comments during the 59 second clip.

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When asked if he believed the video to be fake or if it is not actually him in the video he again responded, sa国际传媒淚sa国际传媒檓 not entertaining the idea of giving anything from an unaccredited site time or energysa国际传媒�.

In the public Facebook group SD42 Board Watch Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge BC, Dominick has been facing more questions about the video.

Group administrator Elizabeth Taylor asked him how would he and the 28 other anti-mandate candidates think they are going to be able to alter the school curriculum?

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Then moderator Loraine Anchor asks him how can he reconcile this comment with what he said at the rally.

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Dominick again replies, sa国际传媒淚 will not be giving this issue anymore energy online as I feel it is taking away from the real debate and conversation around real issues. This information was also spread by an unknown conspiracy site, was it not? I think its time we all take accountability for the information we share and use discernment to know the difference.sa国际传媒�

The conversation ends with Anchor saying, sa国际传媒淏rian Dominick, itsa国际传媒檚 you speaking. You cansa国际传媒檛 deny that. People should be aware of who theysa国际传媒檙e voting for.sa国际传媒�

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Another member of the group, David Akerflug, posted the video saying it is beyond disturbing.

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A Fraser Valley Freedom Convoy, a sa国际传媒淐onvoy to Support Brian Dominick for School Trusteesa国际传媒�, will be taking place the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 30, and will be making its way from Langley, through west Maple Ridge, into Pitt Meadows and then into Coquitlam. It is being organized by the groups Union of the People and the Canadian Freedom Coalition sa国际传媒� groups that oppose vaccine mandates.

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The Canadian Freedom Coalitionsa国际传媒檚 local social media page contains information about fighting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, with videos showing vaccine protests in Maple Ridge and the Lower Mainland, an ad for a presentation about natural immunity and vaccination, and more.

Union of the Peoplesa国际传媒檚 online content includes information that claims the Pfizer vaccine is more likely to threaten a personsa国际传媒檚 life rather than save it and asks whether Pfizer hid documents about the vaccine.

Health Canada maintains vaccines and boosters are safe and effective at helping to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.

The group Action4Canada, calls itself a grassroots movement in opposition to the sa国际传媒渄estructive policies tearing at the fabric of this nation,sa国际传媒� with members committed to protecting faith, family, and freedom, is promoting the event.

This is the same group behind . The group also held , where they handed out information sheets about the HPV vaccine to parents dropping their children off for class.

Andrew Dodge, Ridge Meadows chapter leader for Action4Canada, signed Dominicksa国际传媒檚 nomination papers.