Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates says comments made by Tom Mulcair are inappropriate.
Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair was commenting on news that serial killer Karla Homolka was volunteering at her children's school.
Mulcair has raised the question of whether it might be time to forgive and move on.
Gates says he disagrees with Mulcairs' statements.
He says the scars of her unspeakable crimes still run deep in Niagara and our community continues to struggle with the damage she caused.
He says his heart goes out to the families of the victims.
Gates says Mulcair's comments were inappropriate and they do not represent his feelings on the matter.
He made the comments in a Facebook post.
A statement was also released:
Queen’s Park – NDP MPPs Cindy Forster (Welland) and Wayne Gates (Niagara Falls) issued the following statement.
“We are deeply disturbed to hear news reports about Karla Homolka volunteering at a Montreal area school. We share the concerns of parents who believe that their children should never have been put in this position.
Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo were convicted of committing horrific crimes against innocent school children in our region.
We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the violence that Homolka and Bernardo inflicted upon the victims and their families. We repudiate the lasting damage that they did to our communities with their despicable acts.
Our thoughts today are with the families, and the members of our communities, who are re-traumatized by recent news reports.”