OTTAWA — Liberal candidate Nell Thomas has apologized for feedback she has reportedly made on social media which have raised questions on her views in regards to the protecting aged individuals alive and whether or not girls ought to be having youngsters.
Thomas, a household doctor working for workplace within the using of Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes,
wherein she stated that “unfavourable messages” on social media had been circulating about feedback she made previously that have been “taken out of context.”
“Nonetheless, I acknowledge that, no matter context, a few of my phrases might have damage individuals and for that I’m actually sorry,” she stated.
Contacted by Nationwide Submit, Thomas’s group didn’t instantly make clear which of her feedback she was referring to, nor did she or her marketing campaign specify which of them had been taken out of context.
Thomas’ X account has been deleted and the Submit has been unable to independently verify these tweets.
One screengrab circulating on social media reveals Thomas, commenting on the “aged demographic” on Might 11, 2024, reportedly wrote that Canada should “cease protecting ancients alive so lengthy.”
One other screengrab of a publish on X, dated April 12, 2023, reveals Thomas reportedly criticizing girls bearing youngsters.
“Think about my ideas when assessing a pregnant affected person. I telepathically advise the fetus to sue the proprietor of the uterus whereas exiting it to this world. Of necessity, a mom have to be a local weather change denier,” reads the publish.
Whereas Thomas didn’t particularly reference these posts in her apology video, she insisted that she is a “individual of robust morality.”
“I’m a doctor who cares for sufferers of all ages throughout each stage of life together with end-of-life journeys. I assist individuals discover dignity, relieve struggling, and searching for peace when existence turns into too heavy to bear,” she stated.
“I’m additionally a lifelong environmentalist who cares deeply in regards to the future we’re leaving for our youngsters. There may be nothing extra significant to me than caring for mothers and their infants. I really like the life power that drives us to create new generations,” she added.
Thomas was much less apologetic when speaking about fossil gasoline firms, which she blames for the local weather disaster and the ensuing eco-anxiety that many {couples} face when pondering of getting youngsters.
“If I might, I’d take authorized motion in opposition to the oil and fuel firms that knew many many years in the past, 100 years in the past, the worth we’d ultimately pay for our dependence on fossil fuels,” she stated in her video.
“It’s devastating that due to their greed, many individuals really feel compelled to wrestle with troublesome questions in regards to the future, together with whether or not or to not have youngsters, whether or not to convey youngsters right into a world dealing with such challenges.”
Different stunning posts reportedly written by Thomas embrace criticizing agriculture as “a factor of the previous” and saying eliminating meat from individuals’s diets will quickly be important for components of planet Earth to “stay liveable.”
In one other publish she allegedly stated that we should always “belief nature” to cut back the human inhabitants to billions of individuals fewer than exist in the present day. She recommended additionally that China was extra superior than Western society, that “Chinese language will rule,” and “we’re foolish twits in (North America).”
Thomas
advised an area newspaper that she is “Inexperienced at coronary heart”
by way of get together affiliation and solely joined the Liberals lately as a result of she wished to vote for Mark Carney as chief. She stated she has voted for all events previously, even incumbent Conservative MP Jamie Schmale.
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