UCP polling ahead despite backlash against multiple candidates

Four United Conservative Party candidates have come under fire for their behaviour or for the actions of close relatives, yet the party maintains a slight lead against the NDP in recent polls. Lacombe-Ponoka UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson compared transgender children to poop in cookies, then apologized Wednesday. The next day, some UCP candidates distanced themselves from the comments. Ric McIver, who is running in the Calgary-Hays riding, tweeted, "I completely condemn Jennifer Johnson’s