UPDATE 1-Two Canadian Conservative candidates drop out after videos surface

(Adds report of second Conservative ending candidacy after
prank calls, comments by Harper)
TORONTO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Two Canadian Conservative
election candidates dropped out on Monday after they were
identified in embarrassing videos, including one who was caught
on camera urinating into a coffee mug.
Jerry Bance had been a candidate for the ruling
Conservatives in a Toronto-area district ahead of the Oct. 19
vote.
CBC News reported that Bance, a service technician, had been
caught on a hidden camera urinating into a coffee mug during a
house call to repair a leaky sink in 2012. It said he then
dumped the contents of the mug into the sink he was supposed to
be fixing.
He was filmed during an episode of the network's consumer
watchdog program "Marketplace," which was investigating whether
homeowners were being overcharged for simple repairs.
CBC said a tip on Sunday pointed out Bance was the
technician in the story.
"Mr. Bance is no longer a candidate," Conservative spokesman
Stephen Lecce said in a statement.
Bance could not immediately be reached for comment. But CBC
said he issued a statement in which he expressed regret, adding
the footage "does not reflect who I am as a professional or a
person."
Separately, CBC reported the Conservative campaign dropped a
second Toronto candidate, Tim Dutaud, after he was identified in
YouTube videos making prank calls and mocking people with
disabilities.
"What this says is we keep the highest standards for
candidates and these two individuals are no longer candidates,"
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters while
campaigning in Ontario.
The right-leaning Conservatives, who have ruled the country
for nearly a decade, are in a tight three-way race with the
center-left Liberals and New Democratic Party.