People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin has dropped one of the party's election candidates because she complained online about the number of Muslims immigrating to this country.
As of Wednesday, Memramcook-Tantramar's Heather Collins is no longer a candidate for the party — just five days before the New Brunswick election on Sept. 14.
She's the third election candidate to be dropped this week by a political party in the province.
"As soon as Mr. Austin was aware of her candidacy, she was no longer welcome," said Laverne Stewart, a spokesperson for the Alliance.
In a tweet from June 2019, Collins said Muslim people are the only people let into Canada and it's "sickening."
In an earlier tweet, Collins shared a video of a man hitting a Muslim women, saying "this is what is coming to Canada if people don't wake up and wake up soon."
Collins accompanied People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin on the campaign trail during an announcement in Riverview on Tuesday.
This isn't the first time candidates running for the People's Alliance have been outspoken on social media.
