Watch: Raw footage of Marois commenting on anti-Semitic propaganda
MONTREAL – Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois is defending a candidate who has been accused of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda.
Louise Mailloux has written that the price of certain kosher food products is purposely inflated to financially profit the Jewish community.
The Montreal-based Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs has called on the PQ to reject Mailloux’s beliefs.
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Marois said Friday that she supports Mailloux’s candidacy and made it clear her party is not anti-Semitic.
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Marois told a news conference that Mailloux had long taken a position on these issues, but that they are her words.
The party leader added Mailloux also supports the PQ’s secular platform.
Mailloux is running in Gouin, a hotly contested Montreal riding the PQ lost in 2012 after holding it since 1976.
A Change.org petition has been started requesting Mailloux to step down.
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