The University of B.C. is apologizing after one of its instructors urged their class to get out to the polls B次元官网网址� but only if they voted for a Liberal candidate.
The email was sent out to first-year psychology students on Sunday. It starts as a generic reminder for students to vote in advance polls on Monday, but turns partisan at the end.
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Murray is the Liberal MP in Vancouver Quadra, a riding that includes UBCB次元官网网址檚 Point Grey campus and the western part of Vancouver.
In an emailed statement, UBC senior director of media relations Kurt Heinrich said the partisan messaging was unintentional.
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B次元官网网址淭he instructor simply did not see the reference to the candidate. There was no intent to send out a partisan message and the instructor and the department regret the error.B次元官网网址�
The instructor will be apologizing to students, Heinrich added.
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