B.C.

New Democrat apologizes to Liberals, Jewish Congress for Nazi comments

The Canadian Press

VICTORIA - B.C. New Democrat Leonard Krog is offering profuse apologies for
comparing Liberal Social Development Minister Kevin Krueger to Nazi propagandist
Joseph Goebbels.
Krog said during an appearance on a cable television show that Krueger is filling the
same role for Premier Gordon Campbell as Goebbels did for Hitler.

Goebbels was known for orchestrating hate campaigns against Jews and was the chief
architect of the Kristallnacht attack on German Jews that unleashed the violence that
was to come.

Krueger says he's appalled with the Nazi comparison and has written a letter of protest
to NDP Leader Carole James.

A New Democrat spokesman says Krog immediately realized his mistake and has
written letters of apology to the Canadian Jewish Congress, Krueger and Campbell.

There is no word from James on whether she will take any further action against the
Nanaimo MLA.