{"id":2436,"date":"2011-04-15T10:54:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T10:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/"},"modified":"2011-04-15T10:54:25","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T10:54:25","slug":"a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

A Conservative candidate in the GTA is at the centre of a growing controversy after his office asked multicultural groups in the riding if they would like to wear \u201cethnic costumes\u201d to a photo op with Stephen Harper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Conservative candidate asks for \u2018ethnic costumes\u2019 for Harper photo op <\/a><\/p>\n

Oh look, more Canadian political inanity and racism! The article continues:<\/p>\n

\n

The Star<\/em> obtained an email sent by a campaign worker for Etobicoke Centre candidate Ted Opitz in which community groups are told Harper\u2019s visit to the riding Thursday night creates a photo opportunity.[…]<\/p>\n

The email continues: \u201cWe are seeking representation from the Arab community. Do you have any cultural groups that would like to participate by having someone at the event in an ethnic costume? We are seeking one or two people from your community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Conservative candidate in the GTA is at the centre of a growing controversy after his office asked multicultural groups in the riding if they would like to wear \u201cethnic costumes\u201d to a photo op with Stephen Harper. Conservative candidate asks for \u2018ethnic costumes\u2019 for Harper photo op Oh look, more Canadian political inanity and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":926,"loftocean_coauthors":"","alpaca_post_content_reading_setting":"","alpaca_reading_speed_per_minute":0,"alpaca_reading_speed_unit":"","alpaca_single_post_template_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[374,35,40,2317],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-canada","tag-politics","tag-racism","tag-wtf-is-ethnic-costume","post_format-post-format-quote"],"yoast_head":"\n- The Research Papers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- The Research Papers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Conservative candidate in the GTA is at the centre of a growing controversy after his office asked multicultural groups in the riding if they would like to wear \u201cethnic costumes\u201d to a photo op with Stephen Harper. Conservative candidate asks for \u2018ethnic costumes\u2019 for Harper photo op Oh look, more Canadian political inanity and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Research Papers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-15T10:54:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Flavia Dzodan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Flavia Dzodan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Flavia Dzodan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/69281d20ffc4c45de29cedfa61ec6e38\"},\"headline\":\"No title\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-15T10:54:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\"},\"wordCount\":136,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Canada\",\"politics\",\"racism\",\"WTF is ethnic costume?!\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\",\"name\":\"- The Research Papers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-15T10:54:25+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/\",\"name\":\"The Research Papers\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Research Papers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-15.01.52.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-15.01.52.png\",\"width\":943,\"height\":269,\"caption\":\"The Research Papers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/69281d20ffc4c45de29cedfa61ec6e38\",\"name\":\"Flavia Dzodan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3eedf3ed7334274cfc4d525a46aa4e85c5a246418835528410ecf354d0861e1?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3eedf3ed7334274cfc4d525a46aa4e85c5a246418835528410ecf354d0861e1?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Flavia Dzodan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/author\/trp-adm-fdz02\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"- The Research Papers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"- The Research Papers","og_description":"A Conservative candidate in the GTA is at the centre of a growing controversy after his office asked multicultural groups in the riding if they would like to wear \u201cethnic costumes\u201d to a photo op with Stephen Harper. Conservative candidate asks for \u2018ethnic costumes\u2019 for Harper photo op Oh look, more Canadian political inanity and ...","og_url":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/","og_site_name":"The Research Papers","article_published_time":"2011-04-15T10:54:25+00:00","author":"Flavia Dzodan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Flavia Dzodan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/"},"author":{"name":"Flavia Dzodan","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/69281d20ffc4c45de29cedfa61ec6e38"},"headline":"No title","datePublished":"2011-04-15T10:54:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/"},"wordCount":136,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#organization"},"keywords":["Canada","politics","racism","WTF is ethnic costume?!"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/","url":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/","name":"- The Research Papers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-15T10:54:25+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/a-conservative-candidate-in-the-gta-is-at-the\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/","name":"The Research Papers","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#organization","name":"The Research Papers","url":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-15.01.52.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-15.01.52.png","width":943,"height":269,"caption":"The Research Papers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/69281d20ffc4c45de29cedfa61ec6e38","name":"Flavia Dzodan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3eedf3ed7334274cfc4d525a46aa4e85c5a246418835528410ecf354d0861e1?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3eedf3ed7334274cfc4d525a46aa4e85c5a246418835528410ecf354d0861e1?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"Flavia Dzodan"},"url":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/author\/trp-adm-fdz02\/"}]}},"loftoceanMetas":{"readingTime":"< 1 min read","authorName":"Flavia Dzodan","categories":[{"name":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/category\/uncategorized\/","count":3467}],"date":"15.04.2011"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}