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Conservatives drop another candidate

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Simon Payette has been dropped as the Conservative Party candidate in the riding of Berthier-Maskinongé, following comments he made about Polytechnique survivor Nathalie Provost. (Radio-Canada)

The Conservative Party has dropped a fifth candidate, this time in Quebec. The party ousted Simon Payette, my Radio-Canada colleague Laurence Martin has confirmed. Payette was the candidate in Berthier–Maskinongé, a riding in Quebec’s Mauricie region, where Leader Pierre Poilievre happened to be campaigning today.

Payette had made comments on social media about Liberal Party candidate and École Polytechnique massacre survivor Nathalie Provost, saying she was using her experience to gain sympathy in her gun control advocacy.

Provost is the Liberal candidate in another Quebec riding, Châteauguay–Les Jardins-de-Napierville.

In one Facebook comment directed at Provost, Payette said he wanted to have a debate with her and “rip up …