Markham-Unionville Liberal candidate Amanda Yeung Collucci is attracting attention to her campaign — for all the wrong reasons.

The local Liberal drew provincial attention recently for campaign signs that don’t mention the word Liberal on them nor have the party logo on them.

Now, it’s been revealed Collucci posted suggestions on Facebook that the 9/11 terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people at the Twin Towers in New York City when two hijacked airliners were flown into them, was actually an inside job. The posts date back to Sept. 11, 2012.

Her post reads: "911 was it really a terrorist attack or just another for cover up? As soon as it happened back in 2001 I thought "how can the US Defense be so weak? I thought they LET it happen so they can declare war."

Asked about the since-deleted Facebook post on Friday evening, Collucci’s campaign chair released the following statement from Collucci: “Those posts were obviously a mistake, because they could easily be misconstrued, for which I am sorry. They are not representative of my views and I apologize to anyone who might have been offended.”

Attempts to reach Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne for comment on Collucci’s Facebook posts were made on Friday evening and again on Saturday with no response.

However, Wynne did respond to a story by the website iPolitics, and said she stands by Collucci.

Asked by reporters about Collucci’s Facebook posts on Friday, Wynne reportedly said:

“This candidate was taken to task for what she posted and she’s apologized for it. It shouldn’t have happened.”

Also, reportedly, Liberal campaign co-chair Deb Matthews, who also couldn’t be reached for comment on Saturday, told iPolitics that Collucci will make a “great” MPP.