Liberal candidate is withdrawing from next year's election race after a number of his "insensitive" tweets from 2012 re-surfaced. Randy Rinaldo, who planned on running in the riding of Burnaby-Lougheed, released a statement on Twitter Friday saying the controversial tweets he had posted had become a "distraction" to his candidacy and family responsibilities. I have made a personal decision to withdraw my candidacy for the 2017 provincial election.. pic.twitter.com/JeOzJ94OSZ — @RanRinBCRinaldo apologized after the tweets surfaced and acknowledged they were "insenstive." Liberal party said he had openly disclosed the tweets to them and continued to call him a "strong candidate." In other postings Rinaldo spoke crassly about privatizing the B.C.

Source: CBC News May 27, 2016 17:03 UTC