“We have endeavoured to conduct a principled campaign and condemn any efforts to misinform the public,” said a statement from VIVA Victoria candidate slate.
A campaign worker aligned with the Vancouver Island Voters Association Victoria has been dismissed from the municipal election campaign after allegations the worker sent an email, purporting to be from Island Health, endorsing the entire VIVA Victoria candidate slate and select other candidates for council and school board.
“This email was a complete and utter surprise to our organization and we immediately issued a statement disavowing authorship,” it said. “Since that time, more information has been published concerning the alleged origin of this email and an individual connected with our elector organization has been accused of sending it. As a result of these allegations we have parted ways with this individual and they are no longer affiliated with VIVA Victoria.
The list included the entire VIVA slate running for a post on Victoria’s council, mayoral candidate Stephen Andrew and council candidate Jordan Quitzau as well as the six VIVA candidates seeking a spot on the school board and independent school board candidate Judith Zulu. Stephen Andrew said it was a text from the Times Colonist that alerted him to the email, and as quickly as he heard about it he dismissed it.
Jeremy Maddock, another VIVA council candidate and the slate’s financial agent, said the move was not endorsed by anyone at VIVA and he didn’t think any reasonable person would believe the email came from Island Health.Maddock said it would certainly hurt the VIVA brand if anyone thought they were posing as Island Health, and suggested the move might have been made to hurt the slate.
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