A New Democrat candidate in Winnipeg has dropped out of the federal election campaign — the latest in a string of political hopefuls done in by social media comments.

Stefan Jonasson is no longer running in Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley after comments surfaced in which he compared the beliefs of one set of Orthodox Jews to the Taliban.

Jonasson says he was asked by the NDP to step down and agreed to do so.

"I wish that the party had had the courage and the foresight to believe that my candidacy was worth defending, but they did not," Jonasson said Thursday night.

"I'm conflicted. I understand the party's reasoning and it's a disappointment to me."

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