MONTREAL - CF Montreal has terminated the contract of its reserve squad coach after political backlash over years-old comments on his Twitter account ...
MONTREAL - CF Montreal has terminated the contract of its reserve squad coach after political backlash over years-old comments on his Twitter account suggesting the former premier of Quebec should be assassinated.
“Obviously, we lacked sensitivity and greatly underestimated the comments made and the gestures he made several years ago.” Grande had claimed his account was hacked, according to La Presse, but the former soccer player did admit to having called separatist voters “hillbillies” and “stupid.” Grande added that he had learned much since then and was eager to join the organization where “the values of inclusion and diversity are fundamental.”
“I have read his apologies which are insufficient and which fail to mention the group he was targeting or the person he wanted to see killed ,” St-Pierre Plamondon wrote.
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