A Conservative candidate in the Burnaby NorthB次元官网网址揝eymour riding has been kicked out of the party after a number of videos surfaced showing her making homophobic comments.

on Friday featuring Heather Leung talking rather derogatorily about LGBTQ 2+ rights.

B次元官网网址淭hese homosexual people, they cannot reproduce the next generationB次元官网网址� They recruit more people and more people into their camp,B次元官网网址� she can be heard saying in a video from 2011 taken by the Burnaby Now.

B次元官网网址淩ecent media reports have brought to light offensive comments made by Ms. Leung saying B次元官网网址榟omosexuals recruitB次元官网网址� children and describing the sexual orientation of the LGBTQ community as B次元官网网址榩erverted,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� a statement from the party says.

LeungB次元官网网址檚 forced exit comes after Svend Robinson, who is the NDP candidate in the riding and was CanadaB次元官网网址檚 first openly gay MP B次元官网网址� called on Conservative leader Andrew Scheer to kick her out of the party.

B次元官网网址淗ow can Scheer allow Heather Leung to run as a candidate under the Conservative banner when her words show her hatred for LGBTQ2S Canadians?B次元官网网址� he asked in a news release Friday.

Although likely the last, this wasnB次元官网网址檛 the first time Leung made headlines this campaign. Comedian and political satirist Rick Mercer drew attention to a post on her campaign Facebook page last month, showing him and one of his quotes that falsely made him appear to endorse the Tories. A party official said at the time the person who posted it was not involved on the local campaign.

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Weeks earlier, another photo was posted to the same Facebook page showing Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau on the edge of a cliff, with his campaign slogan, B次元官网网址淐HOOSE FORWARD.B次元官网网址�

The deadline for the Conservative Party to register a new candidate has passed.

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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