Hilarious.  Another Scheer-endorsed Conservative candidate is dumped - before   
   he could convince her to "just apologize" and he'd turn a blind eye.   
      
   Seems no one could find her.  She went into hiding.  Now that she's been   
   'fired' as a candidate, she's decided to keep on campaigning, as if nothing   
   had happened.     
      
   Wow - Scheer sure knows how to pick 'em.  Now he just has to find her and make   
   sure she stays fired.  Or not.   
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   Global News October 5, 2019   
      
      
   Conservatives drop B.C. candidate who said ‘homosexuals recruit’ kids   
   after outcry   
      
      
   The Conservative Party of Canada has dropped a Burnaby candidate over   
   controversial comments that LGBTQ2 people “recruit” kids and her support   
   for conversion therapy.   
      
   In a statement Friday night, the party said Heather Leung will no longer   
   represent the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, citing media reports about the   
   offensive comments captured in a 2011 video taken by Burnaby local newspaper   
   Burnaby Now.   
      
   “There is no tolerance in the Conservative Party for those types of   
   offensive comments,” a party spokesperson said.   
      
   In the video, taken during protests over an LGBTQ2-friendly school board   
   policy, Leung said activists were using anti-bullying initiatives as a cover   
   for promoting “homosexual, transexual, all kinds of homosexual acts” to   
   students.   
      
   “Because these homosexual people, they cannot reproduce the next generation,   
   they recruit more people and more people into their camp. So this is not fair,   
   they are our children, not their children,” she said.   
      
   “They do not have the right to push our children into their camp.”   
      
   A second, undated video also recently surfaced in which Leung touts a   
   “successful” conversion therapy that allegedly convinced a woman that she   
   was neither transgender nor gay, and in which she refers to LGBTQ2 people as   
   living a “perverted    
   lifestyle.”   
      
   None of the professional regulatory colleges in B.C. recognize conversion   
   therapy as an appropriate or ethical treatment, and it has been condemned by   
   the Canadian Psychological Association.   
      
   Global News has requested comment from Leung. Her campaign manager told Global   
   News she plans to continue campaigning for the election.   
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   Earlier Friday, a Conservative Party spokesperson said Leung was “focused on   
   her door-knocking right now and will be unable to do an interview.”   
      
   Leung’s name will still appear on the ballot as the Conservative candidate,   
   but the party said she will not receive any support from the Conservatives. If   
   she wins the election, she will not be part of the Conservative caucus.   
      
   The deadline to name candidates for all parties was Monday, meaning the   
   Conservatives will be unable to put forward a new candidate to replace Leung.   
      
   Leung has avoided media for most of the campaign, refusing prior Global News   
   requests, and apparently granting a single media interview so far, with the   
   North Shore News, telling the paper she’s focusing on door-knocking and   
   speaking to constituents.   
      
   On Friday, NDP candidate Svend Robinson, who is gay, said Leung needed to pull   
   out of the race, saying her comments could drive someone to take their own   
   life.   
      
   “‘Perverted homosexual preferences,’ ‘perverted lifestyles.’ This is   
   the Conservative candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour that is speaking out in   
   this deeply offensive and outrageous way,” Robinson said.   
      
   “This candidate is actively supporting (conversion therapy) and is   
   encouraging parents to advise their children that they can escape from the   
   ‘evils’ of homosexuality, is telling young people that they can, in fact,   
   change their sexual orientation.    
   This leads to pain, this leads to attempted suicide, and this leads to suicide   
   of young people.”   
      
   Green candidate Amita Kuttner, who identifies as non-binary, called Leung’s   
   comments “disturbing.”   
      
   “I think that Scheer should disavow her as a candidate,” said Kuttner.   
      
   “I think the stuff that she’s been talking about, that we’ve now seen   
   are her views, are things that should not be part of the discourse in this   
   country anymore.”   
      
   Liberal candidate Terry Beech issued a statement saying Leung’s statements   
   should be “disqualifying.”   
      
   “The people of Burnaby and North Vancouver have shown me, in the last four   
   years as their MP, that they not only tolerate diversity but champion it and I   
   believe they deserve a representative who feels the same,” he said.   
      
   “Andrew Scheer is asking to be Prime Minister for all Canadians and our   
   community deserves to know why he continues to support her.”   
      
   Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was asked Friday if he was aware of   
   the “recruiting” video and whether he’d stand by the candidate.   
      
   “I haven’t seen this particular video you’re referencing,” Scheer said.   
      
   “Of course our party stands for inclusiveness and the rights of all   
   Canadians, including LGBTQ Canadians, and will always do so.”   
      
   You can find a full list of candidates and riding information for Burnaby   
   North-Seymour here.   
      
   https://globalnews.ca/news/5990620/b-c-conservative-candidate-anti-gay/   
      
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