By rdnewsNOW staff

Notley says Kenney, UCP need to clarify Sons of Odin photos

Oct 9, 2018 | 11:47 AM

Premier Rachel Notley held a news conference Tuesday morning regarding members of the UCP being photographed with members of the Soldiers of Odin at a recent event in Edmonton. 

Notley says United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney must stop the “dog-whistle” politics she says is making hateful extremists believe they have a home in his party.

UCP candidates posed for pictures last week at an event with the Soldiers of Odin, a white nationalist anti-immigrant group.

Candidates running for the party’s nomination in the Edmonton constituency of West Henday say the Odin members crashed the event and the candidates didn’t know who they were when they posed for pictures with them.

All candidates, along with Kenney, have denounced the Soldiers of Odin, saying their viewpoints have no place in the United Conservative Party.

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Notley says Kenney’s party has been dealing with some candidates who were either banned from running or allowed to stand for nomination despite their homophobic or racist views.

She says Kenney has to take more direct action to keep such candidates out of his party.

UCP Leader Jason Kenney is scheduled to speak to media in Calgary Tuesday afternoon.

More to come…

(With file from The Canadian Press)