By Canadian Press

HE SAID SHE SAID

Alberta politicians swap charges of bullying, misogyny after member ejected

Jul 10, 2020 | 7:21 AM

EDMONTON- Alberta’s politicians are accusing each other of bullying and belittling women in politics, after an NDP member was kicked out of the house during debate on Thursday.

NDP member Marie Renaud was ordered out by deputy Speaker Nicholas Milliken after she said she felt intimidated by gestures being made from the United Conservative side.

Renaud says the UCPers were staring at her and making facial gestures.

Milliken says Renaud was disrupting the house and making unfair accusations, and he ordered her out when she refused to apologize.

The NDP says Milliken should have taken Renaud’s concerns seriously, and his actions call into question his impartiality as deputy speaker.

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The UCP, meanwhile, is criticizing NDP member Marlin Schmidt for telling the house that he’s glad former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is dead, and that he wishes she would have died sooner.

UCP member Miranda Rosin says such comments are reprehensible and make women think twice before entering politics.

(The Canadian Press)