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chemgear · 11-05-2018, 03:57 PM

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...ture-1.4892787

Luff said MLAs who try to go against these directives face isolation and the fear that their nomination papers will not be signed.

"I have had member's statements taken away, and private members bills edited till they weren't what I intended," she wrote. "I have had to fight for months for the ability to ask my own question in QP, and have been questionably removed from a committee.

"I have been told by a cabinet minister that my career was sidelined for not jumping when a chief of staff told me to and that the interaction was used as an example of what not to do as an MLA."

Luff said she will boycott the legislature until "a resolution has been presented." Her letter did not indicate what that resolution will say or who will present it.

Calgary-MacKay-Nose Hill MLA Karen McPherson, now a member of the Alberta Party caucus, said she faced a similar experience before she left the NDP caucus in October 2017 to sit as an independent. McPherson joined the Alberta Party several weeks later.

"I can certainly understand where Robyn's coming from," McPherson told reporters. "Feeling bullied for sure ... I can certainly corroborate a lot of what she had to say."

McPherson said other NDP MLAs had the same experience.

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chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...ture-1.4892787 Luff said MLAs who try to go against these directives face isolation and the fear that their nomination papers will not be signed. "I have had member's statements taken away, and private members bills edited till they weren't what I intended," she wrote. "I have had to fight for months for the ability to ask my own question in QP, and have been questionably removed from a committee. "I have been told by a cabinet minister that my career was sidelined for not jumping when a chief of staff told me to and that the interaction was used as an example of what not to do as an MLA." Luff said she will boycott the legislature until "a resolution has been presented." Her letter did not indicate what that resolution will say or who will present it. Calgary-MacKay-Nose Hill MLA Karen McPherson, now a member of the Alberta Party caucus, said she faced a similar experience before she left the NDP caucus in October 2017 to sit as an independent. McPherson joined the Alberta Party several weeks later. "I can certainly understand where Robyn's coming from," McPherson told reporters. "Feeling bullied for sure ... I can certainly corroborate a lot of what she had to say." McPherson said other NDP MLAs had the same experience.