Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola Green Party candidate Robert Mellalieu is distancing himself from a Facebook post he published two years ago questioning the events of 9/11.
In the post, published on June 14, 2017, Mellalieu tried to connect the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in West London on that day with the collapse of the World Trade Centre towers in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.
Seventy-two people died in the Grenfell Tower fire, while 2,606 people died when the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapsed. Another 157 people died on board the two hijacked aircraft that terrorists used to fly into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre.
鈥淕renfell Tower (fire) started (on the) fourth floor, burnt to the top and (is) still standing,鈥� Mellalieu wrote. 鈥�(The) World Trade Center fire started in the middle and causes complete collapse within hours? Hmmmm.鈥�
He also shared a link to a 9/11 conspiracy website in the Facebook post.
He apologized for the Facebook post on Tuesday and said he doesn鈥檛 support or promote 9/11 conspiracy theories.
鈥淚鈥檓 an analytical person and am careful to look at all aspects of an issue,鈥� said Mellalieu.
鈥淎fter digging deeper into the material, I have found that 9/11 conspiracies don鈥檛 add up. I do not support or promote 9/11 conspiracy theories. I鈥檓 sorry if I caused any confusion or distracted from the urgent crisis of climate change.鈥�
The Green Party of Canada would not comment any further on the matter.
It鈥檚 not the first time Mellalieu鈥檚 views have got him into trouble.
Last week he was one of two Okanagan Green Party candidates attacked by the NDP for comments they made about abortion.
READ MORE: NDP calls out Okanagan Green candidates for views on abortion
According to a report by , Mellalieu refused to identify as 鈥減ro-choice鈥� or 鈥減ro-life鈥� because he said it was
inappropriate to simplify a complicated question with a simple binary answer.
He quickly retracted his statement, claiming the comments were 鈥渕isinterpreted.鈥�
鈥淚 will never waiver from a woman鈥檚 right to choose,鈥� he said earlier this week. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 sacrosanct, absolute, never changing that.鈥�
daniel.taylor@kelownacapnews.com
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