By The Canadian Press

Estranged Alberta NDP backbencher to quit politics after next election

Nov 6, 2018 | 1:38 PM

EDMONTON – Estranged Alberta NDP backbencher Robyn Luff says she won’t run in the spring election and won’t be crossing the floor to join another party in the meantime.

Luff was kicked out of the NDP caucus after a vote late Monday night.

The first-term member for Calgary-East says the decision to expel her reinforces her allegations that there is a culture of bullying in Premier Rachel Notley’s caucus.

Luff was expelled just hours after she announced she would not sit in the house until Notley took action on what Luff calls a culture of message control that is so strict and pervasive, backbenchers can’t do their job representing constituents.

She says Notley’s team dictates to backbenchers what they can say in the house, what questions to ask in committee, what issues to comment on publicly, and who they can be photographed with.

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NDP MLA Graham Sucha says Luff was expelled because caucus did not agree with the path she took to express her concerns.

(The Canadian Press)