Liberal exec resigns amid blog controversy Dec. 26, 2005. 08:25 PM TARA BRAUTIGAM CANADIAN PRESS A high-ranking official within the Liberal Party of Canada resigned today after he made disparaging comments on his blog about NDP Leader Jack Layton and his wife, NDP candidate Olivia Chow. Mike Klander, executive vice-president of the federal Liberal party's Ontario wing, stepped down after photographs of Chow, the NDP candidate for the Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina, and a chow chow dog were posted on his blog dated Dec. 9 under the heading ``Separated at Birth." The blog also contained an offensive reference to Layton....