Ontario Minister apologizes for 'bigotry' tweet

Dan82 · Oct 27, 2010

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/ca...r+apologizes+bigotry+tweet/3732230/story.html

An Ontario Liberal Cabinet minister is facing calls for his resignation after he took aim at Toronto's mayor-elect Rob Ford, Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, using the social networking site Twitter to accuse them of bigotry.

In an apparent response to an anti-gay ad targeting mayoral candidate George Smitherman broadcast on Tamil radio last weekend, Glenn Murray, Ontario's Research and Innovation Minister and former mayor of Winnipeg, tweeted: "If u vote Ford u r voting for bigotry."

He then goes on to criticize the provincial Opposition leader and the Prime Minister: "Ford, Hudak and Harper use fear tactics against Tamils and gay men. I am proud of the Tamil and gay Canadians I represent."

The openly gay Mr. Murray also retweeted a message from another Twitter account that said: "ford, hudak and harper -- the trifecta of republican-style, right wing ignorance and bigotry."

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/ca...igotry+tweet/3732230/story.html#ixzz13bZVhAzO
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Chandra · Oct 29, 2010

Well, it was probably a political misstep for him to use those terms. However, his misstep seems positively irreproachable once you take into account the fact that this is the guy Torontonians voted for mayor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nySs1cEq5rs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YZQ4oQjxgc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOi2wIUCTnA

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