Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith declined Tuesday to discuss prior comments equating the COVID-19 vaccinated to Nazi supporters, saying it's time to move on from the 'dark days'' of the pandemic.
B’nai Brith Canada and the Alberta-NWT branch of the Royal Canadian Legion have condemned the comments.
“It’s clear that the UCP has abandoned its principles if it’s willing to be led by someone who casually compares Albertans to Nazis and refuses to wear a poppy on Remembrance Day,” said Gwendoline Dirk, the candidate running against Smith in Brooks-Medicine Hat.Smith said her goal has been to move on from COVID since she won the party leadership last October to replace Jason Kenney as UCP leader and premier.
On her first day as premier, Smith called the COVID unvaccinated the most discriminated-against group she had seen in her lifetime.She then fired the board of Alberta Health Services and the chief medical officer of health, blaming both for poor advice and inadequate response that led to hospitals being overwhelmed during the pandemic.
She has threatened to sue the CBC for defamation over stories alleging someone in Smith’s office was interfering with justice officials on how they pursued COVID court cases. The CBC stands by its reporting.Smith is under investigation by Alberta’s ethics commissioner after a leaked recording of a phone call surfaced in late March in which she is heard offering to help COVID protester Artur Pawlowski with his criminal case.
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