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A Calgary MP said he’s worried about a return to “old Canada” after receiving a flurry of racist emails at his office this week.

Deepak Obhrai, MP for Calgary Forest Lawn, said the backlash started after he opposed fellow federal Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s policy proposal to screen refugees, immigrants and visitors to Canada.

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“These things are expected,” Obhrai said. “But the danger here is tapping into a population of people who fear change — presumably, they want to go back to the old days.”

While Obhrai couldn’t say how many emails he had received or the content of all of them, he did say there were some telling him to leave the country.

Leitch came under fire from other candidates when she recently expressed her support for Donald Trump as the new president-elect.

“Tonight, our American cousins threw out the elites and elected Donald Trump as their next president . . . it’s an exciting message and one that we need delivered in Canada,” Leitch said in an email sent out to supporters after Tuesday’s vote.