Niagara Regional Chair Jim Bradley has released an official statement, after offensive comments were made about a Regional Councillor online.
In the podcast titled "Radical Feminist Pigs and my Twitter Rage and Hate," former Green Party candidate Jim Fannon calls Regional Councillor Laura Ip a "bigot pig."
He also criticized her for sharing her own abortion experience, after Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff declared that he wanted to make abortion unthinkable last year.
In the podcast, Fannon also suggested "maybe" Ip could be a "mental illness advocate" because she lost her sister to suicide.
Bradley released the following statement on the matter Friday afternoon;
"Oh behalf of Regional Council, I want to formally denounce the offensive and repugnant comments directed towards Regional Councillor Ip. There are no circumstances where this type of language is acceptable, and it only serves to denigrate a member of our community and degrade our public discourse.
Councillor Ip has taken the high road in response to this unfortunate event and is choosing to keep her concentration on her important role as a hardworking Regional Councillor. I believe the Councillors dedication and tenacity speaks for itself and her commitment to our Region is beyond reproach."
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