TORONTO -- The Liberal Party is standing by a Nova Scotia candidate who apologized after a series of sexist and homophobic social media posts resurfaced.
on a series of posts dating back to 2012 from Jaime Battiste, the candidate for the Nova Scotia riding of Sydney-Victoria.
Battiste has since made his Twitter account private. But in one tweet, according to the newspaper, Battiste wrote: 鈥淐leaning, Folding, Cooking, Feeling like an Epic Fail that i havent found a woman who can stand me long enough to do this for me. #FML鈥
In another uncovered by the Sun, he wrote: 鈥淲hy do I assume every skinny aboriginal girl is on crystal meth or pills? #toomuchaptn.鈥
Battiste also joked about watching men鈥檚 tennis, suggesting it sounds 鈥渆xactly like gay porn鈥鈥檓 told.鈥
A Liberal Party spokesperson told CTV News that the party will stand by Battiste.
鈥淵es, he has issued a formal apology for his past social media statements,鈥 spokesperson Guy Gallant said.
On his Liberal candidate profile, Battiste is described as a law graduate from Dalhousie University and a member of Potlotek First Nation who cares about supporting families and growing the middle class.
The revelation comes after videos of Conservative candidate Heather Leung resurfaced in which she promotes conversion therapy, calls LGBTQ people 鈥減erverted鈥 and suggests that LGBTQ people 鈥渞ecruit鈥 children.
The Conservatives issued a statement late Friday confirming that the B.C. candidate would no longer represent the party.
鈥淭here is no tolerance in the Conservative Party for those types of offensive comments,鈥 the Conservatives said in a statement.
