SUNDRE, Alta. — Organizers of a rodeo in southern Alberta are apologizing for a parade float with a turban-wearing man in a fake beard seated on a manure spreader with the words"The Liberal" painted on the side.
Sundre Pro Rodeo posted a statement from its parade committee on Facebook saying the float had not been approved and had joined the parade without passing through any registration.Some people who commented on the apology questioned the accusation of racism, noting the man in the turban and beard, who was not in blackface, was meant to depict federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh as a Liberal lapdog.
"The Sundre Pro Rodeo does not approve the floats for the parade. That is entirely up to the parade committee! If we knew about that float, we would have NEVER approved it!" the organization's Facebook post read.George Chahal, a Liberal MP representing Calgary Skyview, condemned those responsible for what he called a"despicable display of racism."
"This is absolutely disgusting. These kinds of acts have no place in Canada," he said in a Twitter post.
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