NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says she has accepted the apology of her party's Kenora-Rainy River candidate after his 2015 Facebook posts criticizing the Liberals resurfaced.
The Liberals issued a press release Friday condemning two of Glen Archer's 2015 Facebook posts, including one that said the premier "should be in prison" as she was "blowing taxpayer's money."
"He realizes that it was inappropriate, and he has fully apologized for that statement," Horwath told CBC News. "I've accepted that apology because it's clear that kind of language and those kinds of attitudes are not what we need in Ontario politics."
Archer apologized Friday for the language he used in one of his controversial 2015 Facebook posts, adding that he removed it "some time ago."
"After years of Liberals ignoring northwest Ontarians, my frustrations spilled over and I should have used more appropriate words," he said.
The Liberals' release Friday also criticized Horwath's "silence" on the controversy surrounding Hamilton NDP candidates Paul Miller and Monique Taylor following employee complaints of bullying, abuse of power and racism.
The NDP leader said in April she was holding off on deciding if there's a culture problem in Hamilton MPP offices in the wake of the allegations.