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2. The fact that he isn't disqualified after pleading guilty to a hate crime...

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 05:56 PM

Sep 2021

is appalling, imo. There certainly needs to be a revisiting of the rules that bar a candidate from running for Mayor there.

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Racist Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston pleads guilty to hate crime [View all] Spazito Sep 2021 OP

He wouldn't be disqualified in the US either. Marcuse Sep 2021 #3

That, too, is appalling. Spazito Sep 2021 #4

Albertabama Hiawatha Pete Sep 2021 #5

Emboldened here too, at least as bad if not worse. Hiawatha Pete Sep 2021 #7