A Conservative candidate in the Burnaby North害羞草研究所揝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.

害羞草研究所淭hese homosexual people, they cannot reproduce the next generation害羞草研究所� They recruit more people and more people into their camp,害羞草研究所� she can be heard saying in a video from 2011 taken by the Burnaby Now.

害羞草研究所淩ecent media reports have brought to light offensive comments made by Ms. Leung saying 害羞草研究所榟omosexuals recruit害羞草研究所� children and describing the sexual orientation of the LGBTQ community as 害羞草研究所榩erverted,害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟 a statement from the party says.

Leung害羞草研究所檚 forced exit comes after Svend Robinson, who is the NDP candidate in the riding and was Canada害羞草研究所檚 first openly gay MP 害羞草研究所� called on Conservative leader Andrew Scheer to kick her out of the party.

害羞草研究所淗ow can Scheer allow Heather Leung to run as a candidate under the Conservative banner when her words show her hatred for LGBTQ2S Canadians?害羞草研究所� he asked in a news release Friday.

Although likely the last, this wasn害羞草研究所檛 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, 害羞草研究所淐HOOSE FORWARD.害羞草研究所�

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

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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