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REGINA — Social media has brought down a second NDP candidate in the Saskatchewan election.

Mark Jeworski, who was running in Weyburn-Big Muddy against Health Minister Dustin Duncan, resigned Friday after a screen grab of his Facebook page circulated with the post: “Brad Wall’s mother should have taken the abortion pill.”

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NDP Leader Cam Broten called the comment, posted on Aug. 8, 2015, offensive and inappropriate.

“This candidate stepped down, he’s off the team. He did so for personal reasons,” Broten said.

On the bright side with pot going to be legal I can be high as f— when Canada falls apart, but I’ll be high and not care.

“A comment like that, of course, is not appropriate, but he made a personal decision and he’s off the team.”

In addition to the abortion comment, there were other inflammatory posts on the same Facebook page attributed to Jeworski and circulated by the the governing Saskatchewan Party.

On the night of the federal election, following Justin Trudeau’s victory on Oct. 19, 2015, a post from the account of Jeworski read: “On the bright side with pot going to be legal I can be high as f— when Canada falls apart, but I’ll be high and not care.” Later in that same thread, a post from Jeworski read: “Well I’m pulling out in the spring, why put myself through s—!!! F— it.”