Del Duca stands by Liberal candidate who made ‘hurtful’ remarks about the gay community:A Liberal candidate has apologized for what he now calls a “hurtful” and “offensiv

Semple, a law professor running for the June 2 election, said Friday he was disappointed and deeply embarrassed" to be reminded of the 2004 opinion piece he wrote in the University of Toronto's student newspaper opposing a subsidy for a campus LGBTQ group.