Fired CF Montreal reserve squad coach apologizes for past social media comments
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This article was published 19/01/2023 (1315 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MONTREAL – A soccer coach who was fired this month over years-old Twitter comments suggesting the former premier of Quebec should be assassinated is publicly apologizing.
Sandro Grande was named CF Montreal’s reserve squad coach on Jan. 9 but was fired less than a day later after a political backlash over his hiring.
Grande was under fire over comments he made after the 2012 Quebec election night shooting outside a Parti Québécois gathering. He notably wrote on Twitter that the only mistake the shooter made was missing his target — in reference to then-premier Pauline Marois.
A tearful Grande told a news conference today that he has written to Marois to apologize and received a “touching” response.
He said he’s sorry and ashamed of the comments he made, admitting he had previously denied having written them.
He also reached out to current Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who has agreed to meet with him on Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2023.
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