Canadian Election Candidate Resigns After Caught On Video Peeing In A Client's Cup
Bance had been running in a Toronto district in the Oct. 19 election
TORONTO (AP) -- A Toronto businessman who had been running for Parliament with Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper s party made the wrong kind of splash and is out of the race after being caught on video urinating in a coffee cup.
The tinkling tale of Jerry Bance, who had been filmed while working as an appliance repairman, caps a bad week for Harper. The prime minister now faces re-election as Canada has entered a recession.
The Canadian Broadcast Corp. used hidden cameras in 2012 to record Bance peeing into the cup and pouring it down the sink while on a service call. The homeowner was in the next room. Bance runs an appliance repair company, and the CBC was reporting on home repair companies.
Bance had been running in a Toronto district in the Oct. 19 election, but a Conservative party spokesman said Monday "Mr. Bance is no longer a candidate."
Bance said in a statement he "deeply regrets" the incident and it doesn t reflect who he is as person or professional.
Opposition New Democrat leader Tom Mulcair did not miss a chance to mock Bance and the Conservatives.
"He must be someone who is adept at Stephen Harper s trickle-down theory of economics," Mulcair said.
Last week, a government agency announced Canada recorded its second straight quarter of economic contraction, meeting economists definition of a recession.
Harper s government was also criticized for not doing enough for Syrian refugees amid the migrant crisis overseas.
