By Canadian Press

UCP candidate resigns after allegations about online comments

Mar 19, 2019 | 1:03 PM

A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election has resigned after allegations she made online comments about white nationalists.

Caylan Ford was to have run in Calgary-Mountain View but she says in a statement posted to Facebook overnight that she’s stepping down to avoid becoming a distraction in the campaign.

The announcement comes after the website PressProgress reported on what it says was a private Facebook conversation from 2017 in which Ford allegedly spoke about the replacement of white people in their homelands and the collapse of Western culture.

Ford says the published comments are distortions and are not reflective of her views.