The Conservative Party of Canada has dumped Heather Leung as its candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour after the Burnaby NOW wrote about comments she made in 2011 claiming that 鈥渉omosexuals recruit鈥� children.
鈥淗eather Leung is no longer representing the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour,鈥� said a statement emailed to the NOW and other media outlets. 鈥淩ecent media reports have brought to light offensive comments made by Ms. Leung saying 鈥榟omosexuals recruit鈥� children, and describing the sexual orientation of the LGBTQ community as 鈥榩erverted.鈥� There is no tolerance in the Conservative Party for those types of offensive comments.鈥�
Earlier in the day, NDP candidate Svend Robinson, Liberal MP Terry Beech and Green candidate Amita Kuttner all called on the Conservatives to drop Leung as a candidate.
鈥淚 am today calling on Andrew Scheer as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada to show leadership, to recognize that this candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour should be fired as candidate,鈥� Robinson said. 鈥淚n fact, she should be thrown out of Conservative Party if Andrew Scheer is serious in his words about respecting the rights of people from the LGBTQ community.鈥�
Robinson, the first openly gay MP in Canadian history, said he has heard from many Conservatives who condemn Leung鈥檚 views and agree she should be dropped as a candidate.听
Leung says in the video, recorded by former-Burnaby NOW reporter Jennifer Moreau, that Burnaby school trustees in 2011 were 鈥渄igging a deep, dark pit for the next generation,鈥� for its gay- and transgender-positive school board policy in Burnaby aimed at stopping bullying.鈥淏ecause these homosexual people, they cannot produce the next generation. They recruit more people and more people into their camp.鈥�
Leung also says the policy would promote 鈥渢ranssexual鈥� behaviour to children.
According to Robinson, the Conservatives cannot run another candidate in the riding because the Elections Canada deadline has passed.
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