A Maple Ridge school trustee candidate is answering questions about a video being shared online that shows him addressing a crowd in Vancouver during a B次元官网网址渇reedomB次元官网网址� rally last year.

The video dated 6 p.m. May 15, 2021, is posted to Twitter and shows candidate Brian Dominick on the stairs of the Vancouver Art Gallery with a World Freedom Rally sign behind him.

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Vancouver anti-lockdown speaker Brian Paul today says that they are facing a "global elitist parasite" problem and that "they are the ones that need to be exterminated," to which the audience cheered

After him Marco Pietro, who has made videos denying the Holocaust, got to speak

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When reached by phone at his Maple Ridge ebike and scooter store, Dominick did not deny that he is the one in the video making the comments.

His complaint was that the video is being shared by what he says is a conspiracy site, not an accredited media outlet.

The video is posted to Twitter B次元官网网址� where anyone from the public can view it B次元官网网址� by an independent Twitter user who does not appear to be linked to an organization or group. Dominick also refused to explain what he meant by his comments during the 59 second clip.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 running for school trustee. So, as I mentioned, I am not looking to be giving this energy at all. This goes against what weB次元官网网址檙e working towards and IB次元官网网址檓 not interested in addressing an kind of intentional slander or defamation that really has no merit,B次元官网网址� he said.

He added that itB次元官网网址檚 important that B次元官网网址渨e exercise discernment in these times of the information age.B次元官网网址�

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B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 really what we are talking about here is the spreading of misinformation that is intended to cause harm. I am not interested in entertaining that,B次元官网网址� he said.

When asked if he believed the video to be fake or if it is not actually him in the video he again responded, B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not entertaining the idea of giving anything from an unaccredited site time or energyB次元官网网址�.

In the public Facebook group SD42 Board Watch Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge BC, Dominick has been facing more questions about the video.

Group administrator Elizabeth Taylor asked him how would he and the 28 other anti-mandate candidates think they are going to be able to alter the school curriculum?

To which Dominick replies, B次元官网网址淓lizabeth, I am not anti-anything besides maybe slander, hate speech and labels and do not appreciate the discriminatory label. IsnB次元官网网址檛 that what we are trying to remedy?B次元官网网址�

Then moderator Loraine Anchor asks him how can he reconcile this comment with what he said at the rally.

B次元官网网址淓liminating people you think are elitists, etc. fits the description of hate speech,B次元官网网址� she told him.

Dominick again replies, B次元官网网址淚 will not be giving this issue anymore energy online as I feel it is taking away from the real debate and conversation around real issues. This information was also spread by an unknown conspiracy site, was it not? I think its time we all take accountability for the information we share and use discernment to know the difference.B次元官网网址�

The conversation ends with Anchor saying, B次元官网网址淏rian Dominick, itB次元官网网址檚 you speaking. You canB次元官网网址檛 deny that. People should be aware of who theyB次元官网网址檙e voting for.B次元官网网址�

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Another member of the group, David Akerflug, posted the video saying it is beyond disturbing.

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A Fraser Valley Freedom Convoy, a B次元官网网址淐onvoy to Support Brian Dominick for School TrusteeB次元官网网址�, will be taking place the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 30, and will be making its way from Langley, through west Maple Ridge, into Pitt Meadows and then into Coquitlam. It is being organized by the groups Union of the People and the Canadian Freedom Coalition B次元官网网址� groups that oppose vaccine mandates.

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The Canadian Freedom CoalitionB次元官网网址檚 local social media page contains information about fighting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, with videos showing vaccine protests in Maple Ridge and the Lower Mainland, an ad for a presentation about natural immunity and vaccination, and more.

Union of the PeopleB次元官网网址檚 online content includes information that claims the Pfizer vaccine is more likely to threaten a personB次元官网网址檚 life rather than save it and asks whether Pfizer hid documents about the vaccine.

Health Canada maintains vaccines and boosters are safe and effective at helping to prevent serious illness, hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.

The group Action4Canada, calls itself a grassroots movement in opposition to the B次元官网网址渄estructive policies tearing at the fabric of this nation,B次元官网网址� with members committed to protecting faith, family, and freedom, is promoting the event.

This is the same group behind . The group also held , where they handed out information sheets about the HPV vaccine to parents dropping their children off for class.

Andrew Dodge, Ridge Meadows chapter leader for Action4Canada, signed DominickB次元官网网址檚 nomination papers.