Dropped Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Jennifer Johnson (Lacombe-Ponoka) acknowledged Premier Danielle Smith would be barring her from sitting in caucus if she was elected..“This morning I had a productive conversation with the Transgender Equality Society of Alberta and I am willing to meet with any community group to educate myself on their concerns,” said Johnson in a Thursday Facebook post..“My intention is to earn my seat back on the United Conservative team, but should you give me the opportunity to be your MLA, I will continue to work tirelessly to stand up for the residents of Lacombe-Ponoka and represent you to the best of my ability at the legislature.”.The Alberta NDP called on Johnson to resign on Wednesday after a recording surfaced of her comparing transgender children to mixing feces into cookies..READ MORE: Alberta NDP claim UCP's Johnson said “transphobic comments” about students.“Enjoy (the cookies), I only put a teaspoon of poop in them, but it doesn’t matter because it’s only a teaspoon in the whole batch,” she said..“Same idea — we can be top 3%, but that little bit of poop is what wrecks it.”.Smith said on Thursday Johnson used offensive language when speaking about transgender children..READ MORE: UPDATED: Smith says controversial UCP candidate won't sit in caucus if elected.“Although there are certainly legitimate policy discussions to be had on youth transgender issues, the language used by Ms. Johnson regarding children identifying as transgender is simply unacceptable and does not reflect the values of our party or province,” said Smith..“She will not sit as a member of the United Conservative caucus in the Legislature.” .This ordeal resembles former Alberta NDP MLA Deborah Dreever (Calgary-Bow) being removed from caucus before she was sworn in back in 2015 after it was discovered she had posted a photo with UCP candidate Ric McIver (Calgary-Hays) and former premier Jim Prentice with the caption “Gay boyz” on Instagram. .“I apologize to all Albertans for the homophobic statements contained in this image, which are completely contrary to the views of our party and our future government,” said NDP leader Rachel Notley..Dreever was welcomed back into caucus a few months later.
Dropped Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Jennifer Johnson (Lacombe-Ponoka) acknowledged Premier Danielle Smith would be barring her from sitting in caucus if she was elected..“This morning I had a productive conversation with the Transgender Equality Society of Alberta and I am willing to meet with any community group to educate myself on their concerns,” said Johnson in a Thursday Facebook post..“My intention is to earn my seat back on the United Conservative team, but should you give me the opportunity to be your MLA, I will continue to work tirelessly to stand up for the residents of Lacombe-Ponoka and represent you to the best of my ability at the legislature.”.The Alberta NDP called on Johnson to resign on Wednesday after a recording surfaced of her comparing transgender children to mixing feces into cookies..READ MORE: Alberta NDP claim UCP's Johnson said “transphobic comments” about students.“Enjoy (the cookies), I only put a teaspoon of poop in them, but it doesn’t matter because it’s only a teaspoon in the whole batch,” she said..“Same idea — we can be top 3%, but that little bit of poop is what wrecks it.”.Smith said on Thursday Johnson used offensive language when speaking about transgender children..READ MORE: UPDATED: Smith says controversial UCP candidate won't sit in caucus if elected.“Although there are certainly legitimate policy discussions to be had on youth transgender issues, the language used by Ms. Johnson regarding children identifying as transgender is simply unacceptable and does not reflect the values of our party or province,” said Smith..“She will not sit as a member of the United Conservative caucus in the Legislature.” .This ordeal resembles former Alberta NDP MLA Deborah Dreever (Calgary-Bow) being removed from caucus before she was sworn in back in 2015 after it was discovered she had posted a photo with UCP candidate Ric McIver (Calgary-Hays) and former premier Jim Prentice with the caption “Gay boyz” on Instagram. .“I apologize to all Albertans for the homophobic statements contained in this image, which are completely contrary to the views of our party and our future government,” said NDP leader Rachel Notley..Dreever was welcomed back into caucus a few months later.
