Alberta NDP candidate Luanne Metz (Calgary-Varsity) attended a pro-lockdown protest and said she was ashamed of the province’s COVID-19 response. .“It seems Dr. Metz is embarrassed to be in Alberta,” said former Maverick Party leadership candidate Tariq Elnaga in a tweet. .“Verdict: High Risk.”.Metz said in 2021 she was going to a pro-lockdown protest. .“Excellent plan,” she said. .Metz was responding to Calgary emergency room physician Dr. Joe Vipond saying it was time to march. .“Due to the various challenges of today’s event, we’ve deemed it best to go mobile,” said Vipond..“Meet same time same place and bring your marching shoes.”.Vipond — who criticized the Alberta government’s COVID-19 response — shifted his fight to climate change and headed to Glasgow, a COVID-19 case hot spot, in 2021. .READ MORE: Calgary doc who’s fighting for more COVID lockdown taking trip to pandemic hotspot.He said he and his daughter were heading to Glasgow for COP26, despite COVID-19 cases surging in the area..He became the mainstream media go-to doctor for his stance on continuing COVID-19 restrictions, but he came under criticism when his financial support to the Alberta NDP surfaced. .Metz asked people in 2021 to come down to the McDougall Centre in Calgary “to protest the UCP (United Conservative Party)/(Jason) Kenney public health NONplan.” .“UCP says you are on your own Albertans!” she said. .She decried the Alberta government when medical experts around the world roasted it for eliminating COVID-19 restrictions. .“Soooo embarrassed to be in Alberta,” she said. .Elnaga concluded by saying this will be “a straight up political brawl to keep this riding blue.” He said Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping is going to need major ground game. .“Something tells me if Dr. Metz is elected, she's going to be the NDP health critic, (and) we know where she stands politically in terms of healthcare,” he said.
Alberta NDP candidate Luanne Metz (Calgary-Varsity) attended a pro-lockdown protest and said she was ashamed of the province’s COVID-19 response. .“It seems Dr. Metz is embarrassed to be in Alberta,” said former Maverick Party leadership candidate Tariq Elnaga in a tweet. .“Verdict: High Risk.”.Metz said in 2021 she was going to a pro-lockdown protest. .“Excellent plan,” she said. .Metz was responding to Calgary emergency room physician Dr. Joe Vipond saying it was time to march. .“Due to the various challenges of today’s event, we’ve deemed it best to go mobile,” said Vipond..“Meet same time same place and bring your marching shoes.”.Vipond — who criticized the Alberta government’s COVID-19 response — shifted his fight to climate change and headed to Glasgow, a COVID-19 case hot spot, in 2021. .READ MORE: Calgary doc who’s fighting for more COVID lockdown taking trip to pandemic hotspot.He said he and his daughter were heading to Glasgow for COP26, despite COVID-19 cases surging in the area..He became the mainstream media go-to doctor for his stance on continuing COVID-19 restrictions, but he came under criticism when his financial support to the Alberta NDP surfaced. .Metz asked people in 2021 to come down to the McDougall Centre in Calgary “to protest the UCP (United Conservative Party)/(Jason) Kenney public health NONplan.” .“UCP says you are on your own Albertans!” she said. .She decried the Alberta government when medical experts around the world roasted it for eliminating COVID-19 restrictions. .“Soooo embarrassed to be in Alberta,” she said. .Elnaga concluded by saying this will be “a straight up political brawl to keep this riding blue.” He said Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping is going to need major ground game. .“Something tells me if Dr. Metz is elected, she's going to be the NDP health critic, (and) we know where she stands politically in terms of healthcare,” he said.
