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The MP’s alleged choice of camouflage may not be as menacing as it seems to Canadians living in the “South.” Leef is a hunter, and like many Yukoners who hunt, camouflage patterns may have come to completely dominate his winter clothing over the years.

Boles admitted she had not voted in more than 10 years and said in her letter to the Yukon News that none of the candidates in the territory “fulfill the socialist values that I believe should represent the roots and heart of Canadian culture.”

Ultimately, she said she took to slashing at Leef’s signs with a knife because she “wanted to ensure I could see the trees on my way home.”

Tampering with campaign signs is punishable under the Criminal Code, and can result in charges of mischief or theft. In an interview with CBC North, however, Boles said she was unaware that her actions were illegal.

And she may not be the only sign-destroyer afflicting Whitehorse. An unknown vandal has also reportedly been stealing signs for Liberal candidate Larry Bagnell, who was the riding’s MP from 2000 to 2011. A Bagnell supporter contacted by the National Post reported having two signs stolen from their front yard since the start of the campaign.

In an email, though, Bagnell wrote that his campaign has not experienced any “major sign displacement or theft.”

“Perhaps on a rare occasion one knocked down by a bicycle or something, but nothing significant,” he said.

National Post

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