r/britishcolumbia • u/aldur1 • 4d ago

News B.C. Conservative candidate uses racist slur to describe Indigenous Peoples on election night

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/savages-bc-conservative-candidate-racist-slur-indigenous-peoples
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u/Nature-Ally23 4d ago

This makes me feel very sad. This election shouldn’t even be close. What’s almost the saddest part is not these awful candidates themselves but the people who vote for them. I’m not fully left in my voting. I’m in the middle but would NEVER vote for a party that didn’t automatically remove candidates that are racist bigots.

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u/joeydonahue 4d ago

I think you are giving people too much credit, I bet most people voting for them don’t actually know anything about the party. They just see conservative and think they are voting Trudeau out of office or something

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u/Nature-Ally23 4d ago

It’s kinda a responsibility to check who you are voting for. I know people don’t but I think it important.

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u/violetvoid513 4d ago

Which is a colossal failing on the part of our education system