A Toronto-area Conservative candidate urinated in a homeowner’s kitchen while working there as a contractor, the CBC is reporting.

The incident was originally broadcast in a March, 2012 episode of Marketplace. A man resembling Jerry Bance, who is running in the Scarborough–Rouge Park riding, was called to a home to repair the sink. Hidden cameras caught him urinating in a mug and emptying it down the sink drain.

A party spokeswoman said Monday that Bance will not be running in the riding.

The man was not confronted about it in the broadcast. But CBC News was reporting Sunday that Bance has since made this comment: “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.”

Bance owns an appliance repair company called XPress Appliance Service, according to the broadcaster.

The Star couldn’t reach Bance or a spokesperson for the Conservative Party for comment Sunday. A person who answered the phone number listed for Bance on the Conservative Party website said he was at the cottage.

The story sparked a trending hashtag Sunday night as Twitter erupted with jokes about the so-called #peegate.

“#JerryBance wanted to make a big splash this election, but it doesn’t take a whiz to figure out how to be number one. #elxn42 #peegate,” tweeted user Brandon Tozzo.

“Perhaps he doesn’t quite understand the role of an MPee. #peegate #UrineTrouble,” joked user Jason Wagar.

Memes cropped up combining #peegate with the last month’s #angrycon incident, in which an unnamed Conservative supporter shouted at reporters at a campaign stop in Etobicoke that they were “lying pieces of s---!”

Bance ran in the riding in 2008 and 2006, losing both times to Liberal Derek Lee. The riding boundaries changed in the 2012 redistribution, and this the first election in which the rejigged riding is being contested.

With files from The Canadian Press