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From the party that preaches tolerance, inclusion, and equality, this isn’t a good look.

Jaime Battiste, the federal Liberal candidate for the Nova Scotia riding of Sydney-Victoria, has apologized after the Toronto Sunasked him about damning sexist, homophobic, and offensive comments he posted to social media from February 2012 onward.

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The posts made light of drinking and driving, were demeaning towards women, made fun of heavily-accented Chinese people, and included inappropriate language and homophobic remarks while also speaking positively of socialism.

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In a demeaning tweet towards women, Battiste appeared to indicate that household chores — doing laundry, making meals and dusting and vacuuming — are the domain of women.

“Cleaning, folding, cooking. Feeling like an epic fail that I haven’t found a woman who can stand me long enough to do this for me,” the tweet reads.

In a 2013 tweet he wrote: “Is it just me or are only women tweeting on the Twitter feed. My bros are all too busy talking beer, broads, & hockey on Whatsapp to tweet.”