MLA Jackie Lovely apologizes, regrets essay choice
This past week has been tumultuous for UCP MLAs, particularly Camrose constituency’s Jackie Lovely, who was in the news for not the right reasons.
As one of the judges for a recent essay contest entitled ‘Her Vision Inspires’, Lovely was on the panel, which granted the third-place prize to contestant S. Silver who wrote about women’s “unique strength: our ability to give birth”. She went on to say how “while it is sadly popular nowadays to think that the world would be better off without humans, or that Albertan children are unnecessary as we can import foreigners to replace ourselves, this is a sickly mentality that amounts to a drive for cultural suicide.”
Sponsored by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, this essay contest was UCP MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk’s idea. She is the Associate Status of Women Minister, also acting as Alberta’s representative to the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians’ Canadian chapter.
“I can confirm that I was the only other MLA on the essay-judging panel,” Lovely said. “I regret that this essay was chosen . . . contd.
