[OT] Liberal candidate steps down after bounty remarks

Paul Chiang, the incumbent Liberal MP who advocated turning his Conservative opponent over to China for the bounty, won't be contesting the election after all. He has stepped down as a result of the controversy despite Mark Carney saying he could stay on.
This story had more "legs" than you might expect given Canadian media's love of the Liberals. I think Carney had his people tell Chiang to step down to minimize the blowback on Carney although I can't prove it.
Curiously, a Conservative candidate who had said some embarrassing things a couple of years ago on a comedy podcast - he'd suggested Trudeau should be hung in the wake of his suppression of the Trucker's Convoy - was dismissed by the Conservative Party leadership, apparently as soon as they learned about the remarks.
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Rhino