Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola Green Party candidate Robert Mellalieu is distancing himself from a Facebook post he published two years ago questioning the events of 9/11.

In the post, published on June 14, 2017, Mellalieu tried to connect the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in West London on that day with the collapse of the World Trade Centre towers in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.

Seventy-two people died in the Grenfell Tower fire, while 2,606 people died when the twin towers of the World Trade Centre collapsed. Another 157 people died on board the two hijacked aircraft that terrorists used to fly into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre.

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He also shared a link to a 9/11 conspiracy website in the Facebook post.

He apologized for the Facebook post on Tuesday and said he doesn害羞草研究所檛 support or promote 9/11 conspiracy theories.

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The Green Party of Canada would not comment any further on the matter.

It害羞草研究所檚 not the first time Mellalieu害羞草研究所檚 views have got him into trouble.

Last week he was one of two Okanagan Green Party candidates attacked by the NDP for comments they made about abortion.

READ MORE: NDP calls out Okanagan Green candidates for views on abortion

According to a report by , Mellalieu refused to identify as 害羞草研究所減ro-choice害羞草研究所� or 害羞草研究所減ro-life害羞草研究所� because he said it was

inappropriate to simplify a complicated question with a simple binary answer.

He quickly retracted his statement, claiming the comments were 害羞草研究所渕isinterpreted.害羞草研究所�

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