I had a really cheeky blog post all planned in my head. I mean skinny dipper, NDP, dipper I mean, it practically would have wrote itself. Instead I read about how accounts described the situation completely different then I had heard before.
When Googling for news stories to link to this post I came across the following:
A group of 12 young women have come forward to voice their side of the story involving former Saanich Gulf Islands NDP candidate Julian West's inappropriate behaviour 12 years ago.
"As witnesses to Mr. West's behaviour during this conference, we feel strongly that his actions were a far cry from 'a serious error in judgement.' In fact, Mr. West's behaviour was grossly inappropriate and of a sexual nature," the women said in a press release.
How did this escape the mainstream media's attention?
"We are speaking out as witnesses of the incident and participants of the youth-lead environmental conference, which took place in May 1996 in Cowichan Lake. Mr. West was invited to speak as the local Green Party representative at the conference. At one point during the conference he removed all of this clothing and stood naked, with an erection, in front of a large group of young women aged 14 to 17 years. The youth were face painting at the time and were completely clothed."
Well, I guess we know why he quit now.
And, bring Jack Layton's judgment into serious question:
The women decided to send out a letter to NDP leader Jack Layton last week outlining their concerns and were waiting to hear back from him when West's apology began appearing on television and newspapers. "The media was underplaying it; what happened was quite serious and the public should know," said Jessica.
Jack Layton stood by his candidate, and accused the opposition of digging up mud.
Disgusting. This brings Jack Layton's "leadership" into serious question. This also puts Ritz's and Finch's comments in perspective doesn't it?
We're better off with Harper.
2 comments:
I had heard that the skinny dipping incident involved kids too and on the news last night they had streeters talk about that incident. They all said it was so great that he would do that. I wonder what they think now. They even dug up some granny to say how great it was that the dipper candidate was swiming naked with kids.
I rushed to this article thinking Bob Rae had resigned...no such luck.
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