Karen Wang withdraws as Liberal candidate in Burnaby South after making racial remarks about Jagmeet Singh
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has just taken a giant step closer to gaining a seat in Parliament.
That's because one of his chief opponents in the Burnaby South by-election, Karen Wang, has quit as the Liberal candidate.
Wang withdrew after making comments on WeChat that she was the only Chinese candidate, whereas Singh was of "Indian descent".
Today in a statement, Wang said that her choice of words wasn't well-considered.
"I have deep respect for him as the leader of his party and for his public service—and I would not want to diminish that in any way," Wang said.
Singh's other opponents are lawyer Jay Shin of the Conservatives and Christian evangelist Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson of the People's Party of Canada.
Below, you can read some comments being made over Twitter about this story:
https://twitter.com/MiloShandel/status/1085621804499066880
https://twitter.com/lisakinsella/status/1085612562333528064
https://twitter.com/MaximeBernier/status/1085531739886374912
https://twitter.com/pressprogress/status/1085582795718696960
https://twitter.com/nkeung/status/1085586022069665793
https://twitter.com/derrickokeefe/status/1085608296566812672
Update
On January 17, Wang wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Liberals seeking to be reinstated as the candidate, according to the Toronto Sun's Joe Warmington.
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