Premier Smith issues statement following comments on discrimination

Medicine Hat, AB–Premier Danielle Smith has issued a statement after comments she made on Tuesday during a media briefing caused some controversy.

When responding to questions from reporters, Smith indicated that the unvaccinated faced the most restrictions on their freedoms over the last year.

She said she has never experienced in her lifetime a situation where a person was fired from their job, prevented from attending a kids sporting event or travel on an airplane because they were not vaccinated.

“They have been the most discriminated against group that I have ever witnessed in my lifetime that’s a pretty extreme level of discrimination that we have seen.”