Wildrose candidate Ron Leech sees “being white” as his biggest advantage in this election. Personally, I think his biggest advantage is having a leader who doesn’t seem to care that he sees “being white” as his biggest advantage in this election. Because any other leader would have punted him from the ticket within minutes of saying this.

Wildrose party leader Danielle Smith, who had to defend one of her candidates on Monday for posting anti-gay views online, came to Leech’s defence Tuesday, saying his comments are not cause for concern.

“I think that every candidate puts forward their best argument for why they should be the person who can best represent the community,” Smith said at a campaign event.