Ministers refuse to apologizeKenney, Schweitzer and Madu not only refused to apologize for Grey's appointment, Chaudhry said they "doubled down" on the initial comments by Grey. Leighton Grey, a lawyer in Cold Lake, Alta., resigned from the Provincial Court Nominating Committee (PCNC) on Friday. NDP Leader Rachel Notley, in a news release, condemned Schweitzer's refusal to publicly criticize Grey's racist and anti-Semitic statements. On Monday, the Law Society of Alberta rescinded Grey's appointment from its adjudicator pool. Grey called Black Lives Matter a 'leftist lie'Grey denigrated George Floyd, the Black man recently killed by Minneapolis police, and called the Black Lives Matter movement a "leftist lie."

Source: CBC News June 23, 2020 14:00 UTC