Alberta’s new conservative party to host pro-LGBT pancake breakfast, Jason Kenney to attend
Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) leader Jason Kenney says he’ll be going to the pancake breakfast his party is holding to coincide with Edmonton’s Pride Parade on Saturday. The UCP planned the event after Edmonton Pride Festival officials turned down its application last month to march in the Pride parade. “We will be hosting a breakfast that morning for members of the United Conservative Party who want to celebrate Pride,” Kenney told reporters at the Alberta legislature Monday, according to the CBC . “I look forward to being there along with some of our MLAs. So we’ll be doing our best to support the broader community while respecting the decision of the organizers.” Kenney says he won’t be a spectator at the parade, the CBC reported. “My mom told me not to show up at a party I’m not invited to,” he said. The Edmonton Pride Festival announced in a May 3 press release that the UCP didn’t meet the criteria that measures if parade marchers are “connected, engaged and welc