The Conservative supporter who called reporters “pieces of ****” on Tuesday shares the same name with a man who told Olivia Chow to “go back to China” last year.
Earl Cowan, identified by both the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and The Toronto Star as the angry heckler, hurled the insult at CTV News' Laurie Graham and CBC News' Hannah Thibedeau as they asked him questions about his take on Sen. Mike Duffy's trial.
Cowan was attending one of Stephen Harper’s campaign events in Toronto and was shown on camera wearing a “Doug Ford for Mayor” pin.
BuzzFeed’s Ivor Tossell made the connection to the Chow incident shortly after footage and photos of Cowan began circulating.
In September, Chow participated in a debate alongside Toronoto mayoral candidates Ford and John Tory when she was interrupted by a man yelling “Go home Olivia! Back to China!”
That heckler was a man named Earl Cowan, according to columnist Christie Blatchford. Speaking to Tossell, the self-described farmer mocked Chow’s “less-than-Canadian accent.”
He identified himself as a Ford Nation supporter.
https://twitter.com/blatchkiki
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv6Pq5nNjN4
Earl Cowan, identified by both the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and The Toronto Star as the angry heckler, hurled the insult at CTV News' Laurie Graham and CBC News' Hannah Thibedeau as they asked him questions about his take on Sen. Mike Duffy's trial.
Cowan was attending one of Stephen Harper’s campaign events in Toronto and was shown on camera wearing a “Doug Ford for Mayor” pin.
BuzzFeed’s Ivor Tossell made the connection to the Chow incident shortly after footage and photos of Cowan began circulating.
In September, Chow participated in a debate alongside Toronoto mayoral candidates Ford and John Tory when she was interrupted by a man yelling “Go home Olivia! Back to China!”
That heckler was a man named Earl Cowan, according to columnist Christie Blatchford. Speaking to Tossell, the self-described farmer mocked Chow’s “less-than-Canadian accent.”
He identified himself as a Ford Nation supporter.
https://twitter.com/blatchkiki
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv6Pq5nNjN4
