#robyn luff

Ms Luff: But when you have to try and teach math after a bunch of 13-year-olds have just consumed that much sugar, it can be really problematic. Any teacher knows this. They know that the kind of nutrition kids have fundamentally affects how they’re learning in class. You know, I used to . . .

Calgary-East MLA Robyn Luff has been removed from the government caucus, Alberta’s New Democratic Party announced Monday night after an MLA meeting in Edmonton.

“Owing to Ms. Luff’s actions, NDP MLAs have lost confidence in her ability to participate as a productive and trustworthy member of the government caucus,” read an Alberta NDP news release.

“The NDP caucus strives to work collaboratively and respectfully to advance an agenda that works for Albertans.”

Earlier in the day, Luff said she planned to protest the “toxic culture” in the party caucus, saying she wouldn’t take her seat in the legislature. Luff said strict controls placed on her by officials in Premier Rachel Notley’s government mean she can’t do her job representing her constituents.

Ms Luff: I myself lived, I suppose, in a common-law relationship for 12, 13 years before my husband and I decided to get married, much to the consternation of my grandmother.

Dr. Starke: Was it the getting married part?

The Chair: Robyn.