KINGSTON, ONT.—An NDP candidate who railed against wearing poppies on Remembrance Day as a “ritual of war glorification,” yet said she’d sign up for “a war on Christmas,” is being defended by party Leader Andrea Horwath. Mississauga Centre NDP candidate Laura Kaminker is seen in a 2016 photo. Social media comments by Kaminker from previous years have come under scrutiny during the campaign. The comments on social media in previous years from Mississauga Centre hopeful Laura Kaminker have been gaining attention online in recent days. Marie and Ottawa, Horwath had to deal with controversial comments from local candidate Glen Archer, a corrections officer.

Source: thestar May 21, 2018 00:45 UTC