EDMONTON—Two Alberta MLAs are now facing calls to resign over their roles in awarding a racist, sexist essay third place in a contest led by Alberta’s associate minister for the status of women. Questions are being asked not only of associate minister Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, who apologized earlier this week, but of Jackie Lovely, the UCP MLA for Camrose and parliamentary secretary for the status of women. They appear to have been the only panel members in charge of choosing the top three essays. In a statement, Lovely apologized for her role in choosing the essay, which argued that women are “not exactly equal to men” and opined about Albertans being replace by foreigners. “They have no credibility … they are undermining — actively undermining — women’s interests in this province.”With files from Alex Boyd and The Canadian PressRead more about:SHARE:

Source: thestar August 12, 2022 06:01 UTC