Thank you students for the continued submissions! We have just received a number of disturbing Twitter and Instagram posts from Christopher Belanger’s account. And, much like Al Turnbull (who used Twitter and Instagram to post sexist and derogatory comments about women and then tried to claim it was in “his youth” even though the pictures were proven to be quite recent), Christopher has recently deleted the posts, but fortunately, students are smarter than that and sent us some of what they captured online.

First, as also noted in Christopher’s bio in the “Your UMSU” policy document, he is currently the Executive Assistant to a City Councillor.

A quick internet search identifies that Councillor as Russ Wyatt from Transcona. What’s interesting about that is Jeremiah Kopp was previously in the same position, as reported here, and they both went to St. John’s-Ravenscourt School, which is an exclusive private school in Winnipeg, so their connection seems to go way back. That’s fine, but what’s not fine is the following post from Christopher:

In case you are unsure of what Christopher is referring to, take some time to do an internet search for “Arian or Aryan Pride”, which is what he is referring to in relation to his Benz, a German-manufactured luxury automobile. If he claims that he was trying to make a joke, that’s no justification, and promoting this type of offensive and hateful messaging is not even remotely funny. If you know anything about history and Nazi/Neo-Nazism, we don’t need to explain why.

Next you will see a series of Tweets from Christopher Belanger, which are quite offensive and sexist, with Jeremiah Kopp participating in at least one of the conversations.

For those who don’t know, the letter “D” refers to his Dick. And VS = Victoria Secret.

These were all publicly displayed comments and pictures from the past few years, and if anything, they have definitely given us clear portrayal of what kind of people are running on the “Your UMSU” slate. These people are supposed to be representative of all students at the University of Manitoba. Ask yourself, is this who you want representing you and your University? Is this really your UMSU?

We deserve better. If you think so too, please share this information and encourage others to vote these people out of our UMSU.