A Conservative candidate in the Lower Mainland is again under fire.
Two videos surfaced on Friday featuring Burnaby Northsa国际传媒揝eymour hopeful Heather Leung talking about LGBTQ 2+ rights.
First, in an undated video found by the Vancouver Sun, Leung discusses the value of conversion therapy sa国际传媒� a form of pseudoscience that tries to change an individualsa国际传媒檚 sexual orientation through therapy. She also says gay people live a sa国际传媒減erverted lifestyle.sa国际传媒�
A second video from 2011, shot by the Burnaby Now newspaper, shows her speaking out against a policy passed by the local school board to curb bullying of gay students.
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Svend Robinson, who is the NDP candidate in the riding and Canadasa国际传媒檚 first openly gay MP sa国际传媒� called on Conservative leader Andrew Scheer to kick her out of the party.
I must have been injected with that special serum that made me gay...but Leung will save me from my perverted homosexual lifestyle by conversion therapy....No, doesn't support this hatred that tells LGBT youth they are evil. Shame!
sa国际传媒� Svend Robinson (@Svend4MP)
sa国际传媒淗ow can Scheer allow Heather Leung to run as a candidate under the Conservative banner when her words show her hatred for LGBTQ2S Canadians?sa国际传媒� he asked in a news release Friday.
Black Press Media has reached out to Leung for comment.
Ask about her comments while campaigning in Toronto, Scheer said: sa国际传媒淥ur party stands for inclusiveness and the rights of all Canadians, including LGBT Canadians, and will always do.sa国际传媒� He added he had not seen the video.
Leung has been been called out before during 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.
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, sa国际传媒淐HOOSE FORWARD.sa国际传媒�
- with a file from The Canadian Press
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