Daughter thanks Kevin Goggan for his apology - silence from Bruce Court

As I had posted a few days ago, citizens are demanding an apology from Bruce Court for comments he made at the debate. Court compared the controversial LNG tax deal with the death of 21 people on June 21, 1977 at a Saint John jail.

Today, a daughter who lost her father in that same fire mentioned by Bruce, wrote a letter to the editor:

Candidate thanked for his apology

I am writing in reference to the letter sent in by candidate Kevin Goggan (May 5). I would say that as the daughter of someone who died in the jail fire that tragic night, I was shocked and saddened by the comments made by one particular candidate.

As I sat in the second row the night of the Ward 4 meeting I could not believe that someone could make such a comparison of the loss of life to the controversial loss of money.

I would like to say thank you for your apology and compassion for other’s feelings. I truly appreciate your understanding of the full magnitude of what Mr. Court had said.

Debra Mitchell
Saint John

Again the question is - where is Bruce Court’s apology? Why does he continue to remain silent on the issue?