A Conservative candidate in the Burnaby North鈥揝eymour riding has been kicked out of the party after a number of videos surfaced showing her making homophobic comments.

on Friday featuring Heather Leung talking rather derogatorily about LGBTQ 2+ rights.

鈥淭hese homosexual people, they cannot reproduce the next generation鈥� They recruit more people and more people into their camp,鈥� she can be heard saying in a video from 2011 taken by the Burnaby Now.

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,鈥欌�� a statement from the party says.

Leung鈥檚 forced exit comes after Svend Robinson, who is the NDP candidate in the riding and was Canada鈥檚 first openly gay MP 鈥� called on Conservative leader Andrew Scheer to kick her out of the party.

鈥淗ow can Scheer allow Heather Leung to run as a candidate under the Conservative banner when her words show her hatred for LGBTQ2S Canadians?鈥� he asked in a news release Friday.

Although likely the last, this wasn鈥檛 the first time Leung made headlines this campaign. Comedian and political satirist Rick Mercer drew attention to a post on her campaign Facebook page last month, showing him and one of his quotes that falsely made him appear to endorse the Tories. A party official said at the time the person who posted it was not involved on the local campaign.

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Weeks earlier, another photo was posted to the same Facebook page showing Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau on the edge of a cliff, with his campaign slogan, 鈥淐HOOSE FORWARD.鈥�

The deadline for the Conservative Party to register a new candidate has passed.

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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