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Wildrose distances itself from U of C group that equated feminism with cancer

Last Updated Mar 7, 2017 at 5:43 pm MDT

Alberta Wildrose leader Brian Jean walks through the crowd after being declared the official opposition in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Tuesday May 5, 2015. Alberta's Wildrose Opposition leader has opened the door to uniting with the Progressive Conservatives to end more than a decade of infighting between the centre-right parties. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta’s Wildrose party is distancing itself from a campus club that used the Wildrose name and logo on an email that equated feminism with cancer.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says the University of Calgary group named Wildrose on Campus was never officially recognized by the party despite using its logo and wordmark.

He says the party has now informed the club by letter to stop doing so.

It comes a day after the campus group fired its communication director for sending out an email advertising the upcoming screening of a movie extolling men’s rights.

The email invited people to the screening by saying that feminism is cancer.

Jean said the email was inappropriate, but Alberta’s NDP government says it’s another example of a party that displays intolerance toward women and minorities.