Well in this case it is. Edmonton Centre Conservative Candidate Laurie Hawn, who prides himself on being ex military, a former fighter pilot, afraid of appearing at a gay forum. Claiming he would be set upon by gays and lesbians.
Tch, Tch I see he is suffering from typical Conservative arrogance, like his pal Rahim Jaffer. Pick and choose your forums. I would think it would be important to adress folks whose lives you are about to impact if you become the government.
Nah why bother eh, Laurie. The Conservative stance on Gay Marriage is not an election issue right. Not in a riding that has the largest population of gay's and lesbians in the city. Nah. Don't bother trying to represent them.
Oh I like this out he only shows up at forums where he can debate Anne. See it's not about issues at all for Laurie.
What arrogance, what disdain, what a loser.
Organizers are furious that the Edmonton-Centre Conservative candidate yesterday backed out of a gay and lesbian all-candidates forum to be held tonight.
"I was angry," said Joe Woytowich, executive director of the Pride Centre, after hearing the news yesterday.
Woytowich said Laurie Hawn's campaign manager has told him "he felt that (Hawn) would be walking into a lion's den and that he might be set upon. He was worried it was an attack of some sort."
But a spokesman for Laurie Hawn said he's not showing up because Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, the incumbent in Edmonton-Centre, won't be there until the forum wraps at around 8:30 p.m.
"We wanted to debate Anne, because she's the elected representative of Edmonton-Centre," said William McBeath.
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