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Liberals ditch candidate Rod Loyola for Hamas and Hezbollah praise

The Liberals have axed the candidacy of Edmonton-area candidate and former Alberta NDP MLA Rod Loyola for past comments praising terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

Quinn Patrick
Apr 04, 2025
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The Liberals have axed the candidacy of Edmonton-area candidate and former Alberta NDP MLA Rod Loyola for past comments praising terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

Loyola made the comments during a 2009 anti-NATO protest when he was a rap musician and member of the group People’s Poets. Loyola said that Hezbollah and Hamas should be viewed as…

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