Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola Green Party candidate Robert Mellalieu is distancing himself from a Facebook post he published two years ago questioning the events of 9/11.
In the post, published on June 14, 2017, Mellalieu tried to connect the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in West London on that day with the collapse of the World Trade Centre towers in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.
Seventy-two people died in the Grenfell Tower fire, while 2,606 people died when the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapsed. Another 157 people died on board the two hijacked aircraft that terrorists used to fly into the twin towers.
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Mellalieu also shared a link to a 9/11 conspiracy website in the Facebook post.
He apologized for the Facebook post on Tuesday and said he doesnB次元官网网址檛 support or promote 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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The Green Party of Canada would not comment any further on the matter.
ItB次元官网网址檚 not the first time MellalieuB次元官网网址檚 views have got him into trouble.
Last week he was one of two Okanagan Green Party candidates attacked by the NDP for comments they made about abortion.
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