OTTAWA — Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party will not be demoting caucus lead on constitutional relations, Red Deer MLA Jason Stephan, after his attacks on the French language and the monarchy.

“(Mr.) Stephan’s views do not impede his work as the Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Affairs,” said Sam Blackett, spokesman for Premier Danielle Smith.

Stephan wrote in an op-ed last week that Ottawa’s policy of official bilingualism is “rigged against Alberta,” noting that less than one per cent of residents spoke French exclusively.

“Every year the federal government takes Albertans’ tax dollars and spends billions to artificially sustain this mandate through government programs, including minority-language education, second-language instruction, and subsidies for offic

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