Two rebel Alberta UCP MLAs have quit the Liberty Caucus after group founder Randy Hillier suggested COVID-19 regulations were just like the actions of Adolph Hitler..Drew Barnes, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, and Angela Pitt, MLA for Airdrie East, the deputy speaker of the house wrote a letter to the group’s national chairman saying they have left the group..They wrote they “can no longer be affiliated with someone who trivializes the horrific history of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.”.“It is fair to debate decisions made during the pandemic. But comparing the actions of democratically-elected governments today to a regime that deliberately murdered millions of innocents is truly beyond the pale,” Pitt and Barnes wrote in the letter.. Alberta renegade UCP MLAs quit Liberty CaucusDrew Barnes .“Our focus will continue to be representing our constituents of Airdrie-East and Cypress-Medicine Hat, speaking for the small businesses, gym owners, dance studios, and other organizations in our communities.”.Ontario MPP Hillier is the founder of the caucus, which includes Maxime Bernier, leader of the federal People’s Party of Canada, Independent Ontario MP Derek Sloan and Paul Hinman, the interim leader of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta..On Thursday, Hillier posted a photo of Adolf Hitler on Twitter, comparing Ontario’s response to the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to the actions of the notorious Third Reich. . HillierOntario MPP Randy Hillier .Pitt and Barnes said they will continue to fight against the Alberta lockdowns brought in by Premier Jason Kenney. They are part of at least six UCP MLAs who have broken party ranks and come out against restrictions..Kenney also blasted the tweet..“There is — and should be — a vibrant debate about how best to deal with the pandemic. But equating the public health measures of democratically elected and accountable governments to the genocidal antisemitism of the Nazi Third Reich is odious. And bonkers,” he wrote, renewing a plea for people not to gather in large groups during the Easter longweekend..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
