Political frustration likely the reason for vandalized signs, says Alberta candidate

Aaron Sousa · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 7:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

A national NDP campaigner successful cardinal Alberta who had her signs vandalized with slurs believes the absorption was not connected her but connected what she calls "greater governmental issues."

Avni Soma, the campaigner successful the Yellowhead constituency, said her bureau learned of the vandalism done emails from Sundre residents and the municipality itself.

Soma did not accidental which slurs were used, but said she was amazed this was the lone clip it had happened.

"I don't cognize the volition down the idiosyncratic doing it, but I don't consciousness it was directed astatine me," she said Monday. "Personally, I consciousness that it was directed astatine greater governmental issues.

"Politics decidedly incites a batch of affectional rage successful humans."

RCMP person said they are looking into aggregate reports of NDP predetermination signs being spray-painted with what they telephone "discriminatory slurs."

RCMP spokesperson Troy Savinkoff said Monday determination has been nary update connected the probe and cipher has yet been arrested oregon charged.

Soma said whoever did it was apt taking retired governmental frustrations connected her.

"I've been door-knocking for implicit 7 months present … so I person heard galore times astatine the doorway that the NDP propped up the Liberals," she said, noting that this benignant of divisiveness has seemingly go normalized.

"That's not what I consciousness humans request to do. We request to travel unneurotic successful our shared humanity and rotation a communicative that is astir compassion and astir caring for each different alternatively of dividing each other."

She added she's grateful the municipality and its residents presumption the determination arsenic unacceptable and that a section concern proprietor volunteered to cleanable up the signs.