Canadian comedy and social commentary legend Rick Mercer has fired back at the Conservative Party of Canada and a Burnaby federal election candidate over a meme that faked one of his most famous quotes.
The screenshot shows a meme that was posted on the Facebook page of the Burnaby North-Seymour Conservative Constituency Association. Rick Mercer says this quote is fake. It has since been taken down.
The meme was posted on the Facebook page of the Burnaby North-Seymour Conservative Constituency Association 鈥� the candidate for the riding is Heather Leung. It has since been taken down but a screenshot is attached to this story. The screenshot was tweeted to Rick Mercer a few days ago, but it wasn鈥檛 until Tuesday that Mercer 鈥� who hosted his own CBC show for many years 鈥� responded on Twitter.
Dear & good folks at - Your candidate in Burnaby North Seymour is distributing a Meme on social media with my face and the words "Vote Conservative" indicating it is a quote from me. Not true. All fake. Please Stop. ?
鈥� Rick Mercer (@rickmercer)
鈥淒ear @AndrewScheer & good folks at @CPC_hq 鈥� Your candidate in Burnaby North Seymour is distributing a Meme on social media with my face and the words 鈥榁ote Conservative鈥� indicating it is a quote from me. Not true. All fake. Please Stop. #WhoAreThesePeople? 鈥�. #yuck.鈥�
On Monday, about how Leung and the Burnaby North-Seymour Conservative Constituency Association posted a meme suggesting the death of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by walking off a cliff.
Leung鈥檚 supporters also posted a comment underneath the Facebook post that says, 鈥淲e need a strong wind to push him to his death.鈥� This comment was posted six days ago and was still up on the page as of Tuesday morning.
Leung has聽聽for comment on her policies.
