Tanya Granic Allen says Ford has betrayed social conservatives
TORONTO — A controversial former Progressive Conservative candidate is calling her recent removal from the Tory roster another betrayal of social conservatives and is vowing to hold Doug Ford to commitments he made to repeal and replace the province’s sex education curriculum.
Tanya Granic Allen, a socially conservative parental rights advocate, slammed the party leader for ousting her over the weekend and compared him to his predecessor, who distanced himself from social conservative issues.
“Another betrayal of social conservatives — just like Patrick Brown,” Granic Allen said in an online post. “What happened exactly? What about these trumped up smears against me? Why did Doug Ford’s team not support me? And what are the next steps? I will address these questions in the next few days.
“Clearly, Doug Ford is getting bad advice from his advisers,” she added.
Ford turfed Granic Allen on Saturday, saying in a statement that her comments about certain groups were “irresponsible” and don’t represent the views of the party.
The Tories “are a party comprised of people with diverse views that, if expressed responsibly, we would respect,” Ford said over the weekend.
Granic Allen’s dismissal came just hours after the Ontario Liberal Party shared an edited video showing her expressing views the Liberals described as representing “hatred and homophobia.”
The clip posted on the Liberals’ website showed Granic Allen discussing sex education in Croatia, saying that when she sees the country “trying to push radical sexualization on the young, or gay marriage, I almost vomit in disbelief.”
Granic Allen, a former Tory leadership candidate, helped deliver the support of social conservatives to Ford when he won the party’s leadership race in March.
Ford and Granic Allen were considered the more socially conservative candidates in the Tory leadership race, and Granic Allen was the only one to appear by Ford’s side as he was declared the winner in March.
The party did not immediately comment on Granic Allen’s post.