Posted: Feb 22, 2021 6:41 PM MT | Last Updated: February 23
Anti-lockdown protesters surrounded police during scuffles at a rally on the Alberta legislature grounds on Saturday. (Scott Neufeld/CBC News )
After two days of silence and criticism from other political leaders, Premier Jason Kenney on Monday condemned the racist elements and symbolism of a weekend torch rally at the Alberta legislature.
In a written statement sent at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Kenney acknowledged the source of the torch imagery used in posters promoting the event, and the affiliations of some people involved.
"I understand that publicity for this event incorporated an image apparently taken from the notorious 2017 Charlottesville torch rally, which was an explicitly white supremacist event," Kenney said in a statement issued through his press secretary.