B.C. Conservative candidate ‘denied the reality’ of mass shootings, NDP says [Video]

Embattled B.C. Conservative candidate Brent Chapman is under fire once again, this time for past Facebook comments casting doubt on the official accounts of mass shooting events in Canada and the U.S.

The latest resurfaced social media remarks from Chapman, who is running in the Surrey South riding, date back to February 2017, days after the Quebec City mosque shooting that left six people dead and five others seriously injured.

Screenshots shared by CKNW radio host Jas Johal on Sunday show Chapman referring to “mass shootings” in quotation marks, and suggesting all mass shootings reported over recent years share “sketchy stories that change drastically from initial events.”

“Why did Aurora, Sandy Hook and Quebec City all have witnesses that saw multiple shooters and are, ultimately, ignored by police and legacy media?” he wrote.

“Look, I really hope no one was actually killed at any of these events but in the …