Jason Kenney Appoints Former President of Anti-Abortion Group As Alberta’s New Education Minister
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has appointed a social conservative
activist who previously ran a controversial group that organized
anti-abortion presentations in Red Deer schools to serve as the
province’s next education minister.
activist who previously ran a controversial group that organized
anti-abortion presentations in Red Deer schools to serve as the
province’s next education minister.
Adriana LaGrange, the United Conservative Party MLA for Red
Deer–North, was revealed as Kenney’s pick to run Alberta’s school system
at a ceremony in Edmonton Tuesday morning.
LaGrange was one of 52 UCP candidates who received support from anti-abortion groups that sought to stack nomination meetings and install candidates who would be sympathetic to a social conservative policy agenda.