Calgary-East MLA removed from caucus over protests of ‘toxic culture.’

By 660 NEWS Staff with files from the Canadian Press

EDMONTON (660 NEWS) – Calgary-East MLA Robyn Luff has been removed from government caucus.

A release late Monday night says the decision to remove Ms. Luff was arrived at in a meeting of NDP MLAs in Edmonton.

The move comes after Luff refused to take her seat in the Alberta legislature to draw attention to what she calls a “toxic culture” in the party caucus.

The release adds, “Owing to Ms. Luff’s actions, NDP MLAs have lost confidence in her ability to participate as a productive and trustworthy member of the government caucus.”

Robyn Luff, a first-term legislature member for Calgary-East, says Premier Rachel Notley’s government exerts strict control over what backbenchers can say and do and punishes those who step out of line.

Luff says her statements in the house are changed without her permission, and questions and answers from her and others in committee hearings are tightly scripted.

She says a cabinet minister told her that her career path had stalled because she wasn’t deferential enough to a departmental chief of staff.

Luff says when she raised these concerns with Notley’s office, they were dismissed.

She says unless there are changes, she can’t properly represent her constituents.

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