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Reality Check: Would Jason Kenney pass his own smell test?

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June 20, 2017

EDMONTON – PC Leader Jason Kenney says he won’t allow candidates for his party to run for office if they make “bozo eruptions.”[1]  Would the following statements pass his own smell test?

Education:

  • Said “Education will be the toughest to cut, but it will also be the most important.”[2]

LGBTQ2S rights:

  • Said gays can marry, but just not each other: “Marriage is open to everybody as long as they're a man and a woman.”[3]

Environment:

  • Said “We all know climate change exists because it's a natural part – the climate's been changing since the beginning of time, right?”[4]

Abortion:

  • Called it “pre-natal murder.”[5]

Childcare:

  • Said it’s a program to “engineer social outcomes”[6] and he “personally believes children need a parent at home.”[7]

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[1] Calgary Herald, June 20 2017, A5.

[2] Alberta Report, November 15 1993, 6.

[3] Calgary Herald, February 15 2005, A5.

[4] Press Progress, December 19 2016, https://youtu.be/n17VOIHGK5A

[5] San Francisco Foghorn, November 29 1989, 8.

[6] Parliament of Canada Hansard, March 24 1998, 5316.

[7] Globe and Mail, March 5 1999, A2.

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