Dykstra, who represented the southern Ontario riding of St. Catharines for nearly a decade, denies doing anything wrong. Senior officials in the Conservative Party became aware of the complaint against Dykstra during the 2015 campaign and there was significant disagreement about how it should be handled. Guy Giorno, who was the national campaign chair in 2015, thought Dykstra should have been fired during the campaign. "The report confirms my position that Dykstra should have been dropped as a candidate," he said in an email to The Canadian Press. All political parties fired multiple candidates throughout the 2015 campaign for various reasons, often due to racist or sexist posts on social media.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2019 17:26 UTC