Two days before the federal election The People鈥檚 Party of Canada Association fired back at its former president of the 琉璃神社-Lake Country district, who resigned while making accusations of racism within the party.

Daniel Joseph is running as an independent in the 琉璃神社-Lake Country riding after leaving the PCC party in March. Joseph announced his resignation in a video he posted to Facebook on March 29.

鈥淯nfortunately, this party that shouted from the rooftops it was different, has proven to me that it isn鈥檛 different at all,鈥� Joseph said in the post. 鈥淭hey are allowing racist, xenophobic, homophobic and downright hateful people into positions of authority and influence.鈥�

Among those people Joseph was referring to was Glen Walushka, who was then the party鈥檚 provincial coordinator.

A release from the PPC Association on Saturday discredited Joseph鈥檚 accusations, saying the party has worked hard to 鈥渄ispel any accusations that were directed at us and the party.鈥�

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The release pointed to an earlier response from Walushka: 鈥淭he 琉璃神社-Lake Country PPC Association has always maintained that there was no basis for the allegations that were brought forth by Daniel Joseph only after he was removed from his position as the elected President of the 琉璃神社-Lake Country PPC Association.鈥�

The PPC鈥檚 statement also referenced a Globe and Mail story published on Friday night, which reported that the Conservative Party of Canada paid Daisy Group - a consulting firm owned by Warren Kinsella - to discredit the party, in part by pushing messages of racism within the party on social media. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has so far declined to comment on whether his party used the firm to spread disinformation.

The smear campaign is said to have taken place from April 16 through June 30.

鈥淭hat is around the time that Daniel Joseph made his claims,鈥� said Peter Neville, the PPC鈥檚 CEO of 琉璃神社-Lake Country.

Neville said the timeline of the Kinsella campaign coincided with Joseph鈥檚 comments and departure from the party, and was also around the time that Walushka鈥檚 email account appeared to have been hacked. In June it was reported that the PPC appeared to be the target of cyber fraud, spreading false emails from the PPC鈥檚 top organizers in an effort to make them appear racist.

鈥淎ll we know is that according to the Globe, the plan was in place around about the time that Glen Walushka鈥檚 email was hacked and false emails were sent out - many of them mentioning racism. Whether Daniel had anything to do with this or not we don鈥檛 know,鈥� said Neville.

鈥淲e can鈥檛 say that any of these are connected but we do have a lot of coincidental stuff going on,鈥� he added.

On Saturday Joseph responded to the PPC鈥檚 disavowal of his past comments by saying he still stands by them 鈥�100 per cent.鈥�

Joseph also rejected any implication that he was connected to the email hacking, or to yesterday鈥檚 revelations related to Kinsella.

鈥淏y bringing up my name and then bringing up Kinsella, that鈥檚 what it sounds like they鈥檙e trying to say,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know the exact timeline of the Kinsella thing, but they are two completely separate events. They鈥檝e got nothing to do with each other.鈥�

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