Saskatoon library refuses to let Conservative leadership candidate hold meeting
OTTAWA — A public library has told a Conservative leadership candidate he can’t use their facility to host a meet-and-greet with pro-life supporters because the event’s “controversial nature” will lead to protests they can’t manage.
But the candidate, Saskatoon MP Brad Trost, says he believes the decision is more about the topic itself than any threat of protest.
“If this was an environmental group with a bunch of unemployed oilpatch workers protesting, I don’t think they would be getting the boot,” Trost said Thursday from the sidelines of the Conservative caucus meeting in Quebec City.
“But that’s just my opinion and I can’t really prove that one way or the other.”