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Campaign signs across Canada are being defaced with hateful graffiti

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Liberal MP Karen Ludwig, who's running for re-election in New Brunswick Southwest, N.B., is just one of a number of candidates who have had their campaign signs vandalized.Photograph courtesy of Karen Ludwig/Twitter

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 23, 2019

As local campaigns hit the pavement ahead of the Oct. 21 federal election, candidates across the country are seeing their campaign signs defaced with racist graffiti, from drawing blackface on candidates to vandalizing signs with swastikas. In the Montreal-area riding of Hochelaga, Que., represente...

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