The speaker's office at the Alberta Legislature is reviewing an exchange Wednesday night that led to an NDP MLA being ejected from the house after she alleged she was being intimidated by a male UCP MLA. Marie Renaud, NDP member for St. Albert, was speaking to Bill 30, which proposes changes to health care, when she accused a government member, which her party later identified as Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland UCP MLA Shane Getson, of making faces and other gestures at her. When Renaud claimed the gestures were an attempt to intimidate her, acting speaker Nick Milliken, UCP MLA for Calgary-Currie, asked her to retract the claim and apologize. Under the rules of the house, a "named" MLA is not allowed to return to the chamber until they apologize.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2020 23:28 UTC