Liberal, Conservative parties each lose a candidate over controversies

OTTAWA — Controversial statements from the past came back to haunt two major parties on the federal election trail this week, costing each a candidate.

A Liberal incumbent bowed out of the campaign late Monday after suggesting that another candidate be turned over to Chinese officials, while the Conservatives dropped a nominee who joked that former prime minister Justin Trudeau should be executed.…

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