A Legislative Assembly of Alberta essay contest submission has caused many people to question how it became selected as the third-place winner.
The contest, which wrapped up at the end of February, only recently released the first, second and third place pieces.
The Opposition NDP has since called out the third place selection as racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic and fascist.
Dubbed, Her Vision Inspires, the essay contest asked Albertan women between the ages of 17 and 25 to submit an essay between 250 and 500 words describing, “their unique vision for Alberta and, specifically, what they would do if they were a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,” according to a news release dated Feb. 3.
The essay contest was administered by the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Canadian Region in partnership with the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Janis Irwin, the NDP MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, was one of many who pointed out the third-place winner’s essay.
She called on UCP MLA of Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, as the Alberta representative for Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Canadian Region, to explain how the contest she helped launch could let a submission of such foul nature win.
At a news conference Tuesday morning, NDP children’s services critic Rakhi Pancholi spoke specifically on two excerpts from the essay.
The first: “Women are not exactly equal to men. This biological reality is also under attack by present-day delusion. To try to promote that women break into careers that men traditionally dominate is not only misguided, but it is harmful.”
Pancholi said the author writing this sends a terrible message to the young women of Alberta and it’s a message she completely rejects.
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