Ontario election: Liberal candidate under fire for social media post [Video]

The Liberals are facing questions about their candidate selection process for Ontario’s snap election as the Progressive Conservative campaign continues to unearth past social media comments made by Liberal candidates.

On Monday, a social media post surfaced from Viresh Bansal, the Liberal candidate for Oshawa.

“You can thank India for cleaning trash people,” he wrote. “Ask your gay friend @JustinTrudeau to do the same.”

The message was in response to a social media post about the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which Canada has said was linked to the Indian government.

Nijjar was a Canadian citizen, temple president and prominent leader of the Khalistan movement, which seeks independence for India’s Sikh-majority Punjab state.

The Ontario Liberal campaign did not comment directly on the social media post, instead accusing the PCs of distraction tactics.

“Classic Doug,” a spokesperson said. “Anything to distract from his failed record in Ontario, the billions wasted on deals to benefit his buddies and an …