Manitoba politician retracts statement comparing Crown minister to Nazi
WINNIPEG — A member of Manitoba’s Opposition New Democrats apologized Friday for comparing a government minister to a Nazi.
Ted Marcelino drew fire for remarks a day earlier when he accused Crown Services Minister Ron Schuler of repeatedly stating false information about Manitoba Hydro.
“The minister for Crown services tries to repeat some facts, as he called them. He would call them facts,” Marcelino said during a debate in the legislature chamber late Thursday afternoon, according to the official transcript.
“And he would keep on repeating them until somebody believes it. And that’s the propaganda style of Joseph Goebbels — the minister of propaganda of the National Socialist Party during the time of somebody’s friend, Adolf.”