CALGARY—Being ejected from the Freedom Conservative Party’s slate for past Islamophobic commentary hasn’t stopped former Sylvan Lake-Innisfail candidate Clayton Knutson from doubling down. Former Freedom Conservative Party candidate Clayton Knutson. He also said he’d happily support former United Conservative candidate Caylan Ford, despite her resignation over a series of private Facebook messages she sent where she expressed white nationalist views. He hoped the fledgling conservative party led by MLA Derek Fildebrandt would adhere more closely to the “grassroots guarantee” Kenney promised his members shortly after the UCP formed. Despite his posts, Knutson claimed it isn’t possible to be Islamophobic.

Source: thestar March 25, 2019 00:45 UTC