Thu Jan 27, 2022 – 3:22 pm EST
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian Liberal Party MP who last year was caught red-handed swiping his conservative opponent’s flyers from someone’s porch during the fall election campaign has been fined just $500 for his misdeed.
Liberal MP George Chahal for Calgary Skyview said Tuesday he “accepted and paid a $500 administrative penalty, as assessed by Elections Canada, for removing a flyer from a front door on September 19, 2021.”
“I want to again apologize and acknowledge my mistake,” tweeted Chahal, adding, “As the elected Member of Parliament for Calgary Skyview, I am committed to putting the interests of my constituents first, through all my activities and interactions.”
Despite Chahal paying the fine, he is still under a Calgary Police Service investigation through its anti-corruption unit for his flyer swiping incident.
Chahal was first put under investigation by the Commissioner of Elections Canada after a video showed him swapping out flyers from his main competitor, Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) Jag Sahota, with his own at a person’s house just before Canada’s September 20 federal election.
The elections commissioner has confirmed that Chahal is the first and only MP in the current parliament who has been censured for breach of the Elections Act, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
Many said Chahal’s small fine shows just how far-gone Canada’s government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is.
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