Just because I probably won’t have the opportunity to take shots at the nominated PC candidate in my home riding past Saturday, I thought I’d toss out a few gems from the best of Craig Chandler courtesy of today’s Globe & Mail:

Earlier this year, a settlement arranged by the Canadian Human Rights Commission forced [Chandler] to publish an apology for comments made on a radio program that he co-hosts – among them, reportedly, that “God sees murder as equal to homosexuality.” As part of the settlement, he agreed to “cease and desist” from posting information on the Internet claiming that “homosexuals are conspiring against society” and that they are “sick, diseased or mentally ill.”

His homophobia appears to know few bounds. On the website of Concerned Christians, he approvingly pointed to a letter by Calgary pastor Stephen Boisson charging that “[w]here homosexuality flourishes, all manner of wickedness abounds.” When Belinda Stronach ran for the Conservative leadership, he suggested the presence of gay activists on her campaign team meant “a takeover from the militant homosexual movement” was at hand.

I should point out that all of this was public record when the PCs decided to let him run for the nomination in the first place…

(sorry on the obscure Chandler from Friends reference in the title – it narowly beat out, “Could he BE a bigger homophobe?”)