CP News Alert: UCP candidate, slammed for comments on pornography in schools, quits
By The Canadian Press on March 30, 2023.
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A candidate for the United Conservative Party in southern Alberta has resigned after a video surfaced of her claiming children are being exposed to pornography in schools. Torry Tanner says in a statement that her choice of words has distracted from her concerns. She says it is being used by her political opponents to hurt the UCP’s chances of winning across the province. Premier Danielle Smith says she has accepted Tanner’s resignation as the candidate in Lethbridge West and will work with the party to appoint a replacement. More coming. 6-5
