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This is the jaw-dropping moment a politician was caught on camera urinating into a cup of coffee.

Jerry Bance, a Conservative party candidate in Canada, has been forced to apologise after the footage emerged of him from 2012.

He was working as a repairman at the time when the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) used hidden cameras to record him urinating into the cup and pouring it down the sink while on the job.

Incredibly, Mr Bance urinated into the cup while the home owner was in the next room.

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Mr Bance, running in a Toronto district in the October 19 election, now manages an appliance repair company.

He said in a statement to CBC: "I deeply regret my actions on that day.

"I take great pride in my work and the footage from that day does not reflect who I am as a professional or a person."

Mr Bance has ran as a candidate for the Conservatives twice before, both in 2006 and in 2008.

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