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By Canadian Press

Candidate wouldn’t be welcome in UCP caucus over ‘vile’ trans-feces comparison: Smith

May 18, 2023 | 2:14 PM

EDMONTON – United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says a party candidate who compared transgender students in schools to feces in food wouldn’t sit in her caucus if elected on May 29.

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Smith says Jennifer Johnson used offensive language and made a vile analogy.

Johnson has apologized for the remarks, saying she’s embarrassed that she caused hurt.

Johnson has said if she is elected in Lacombe-Ponoka that she would seek advice on how to best communicate her views on these issues moving forward.

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Smith is encouraging Johnson to meet with parents, students, teachers and members of the LGBTQ community to learn, grow and inform herself.

Smith, at a candidates debate in her constituency of Brooks-Medicine Hat on Wednesday, said it’s time to depoliticize LGBTQ issues.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 18, 2023.

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