Kingston Police are searching for the suspects of the vandalism at MP Mark Gerretsen’s Kingston office at 814 Princess St. Surveillance cameras captured images of the suspects. Police are hoping the public can help identify them.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Nick Gregory at 613-549-4660, ext. 6342, or via email at ngregory@kpf.ca

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The constituency office of Kingston and the Islands Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen was vandalized sometime overnight Wednesday.

Staff arrived at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to open the office at 841 Princess St. and discovered red paint splattered over the front windows and doors.

Paint could also be seen on the sign above the office windows and in the snow along the sidewalk of the upper Princess Street office.

As well, written in gold spray paint was: “150 years of genocide.”

Staff in Gerretsen’s office had no comment, except to say Kingston Police were called to investigate.

The “genocide” reference could be from Conservative party leader Sir John A, Macdonald’s treatment of indigenous people at the time of Confederation.

Tuesday marked Canada’s first prime minister’s 202nd birthday.

Last year on Jan. 11, vandals slashed the tires parked at the homes of the Liberal MP as well as Art Milnes, the organizer of annual celebrations of the birthday of Macdonald in City Park. There was also a burned Canadian flag found under Milnes’ car.

In 2013, the Macdonald statue in City Park was defaced with similar accusations of Macdonald’s treatment of aboriginals.

At the 2016 ceremony, Idle No More protesters burned Macdonald in effigy.

This year, Macdonald’s birthday celebration will not be held.

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