(CBC) People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin has dropped one of the party’s election candidates because she complained online about the number of Muslims immigrating to this country.
As of Wednesday, Memramcook-Tantramar’s Heather Collins is no longer a candidate for the party — just five days before the New Brunswick election on Sept. 14.
She’s the third election candidate to be dropped this week by a political party in the province.
“As soon as Mr. Austin was aware of her candidacy, she was no longer welcome,” said Laverne Stewart, a spokesperson for the Alliance.
In a tweet from June 2019, Collins said Muslim people are the only people let into Canada and it’s “sickening.”
