“No one can blame a woman who experiences divorce or abandonment after having kids. The issue is with women who enter parenthood with their eyes wide open without a man by their side, either by using a man to get pregnant or through a sperm bank. In either case, unless they’re very well off, the kids they bestow upon this world are headed for disaster. Why applaud, let alone condone this?” – Mischa Popoff ~ March 2012 Kelowna

 

 

The BC Conservatives have fired Mischa Popoff and he can’t wear the BC Conservative banner. In a prepared statement the party said:

“Mr. Popoff’s various comments were insensitive and disrespectful, particularly to women and single mothers who are, in fact, heroes to their children and their communities in many cases. We are a party that believes in a respectful airing of views. Mr. Popoff’s statements were unacceptable and he has been removed as a candidate.”

The ousting comes after Popoff criticized single moms for having kids “without a man by their side” and he called the Missing Women Inquiry a “waste of time.”

Popoff is/was running in the Boundary-Similkameen riding.

Here is what the Conservative Party was saying about Popoff last week:

A gifted public speaker and published author, Mischa Popoff currently works as a policy advisor at The Heartland Institute, and a research associate with The Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

He was born in Saskatoon, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in History from the University of Saskatchewan. In 2003, he moved to British Columbia, residing in Kelowna and Penticton before settling with his young family in Osoyoos.

Mischa has written numerous columns and articles, as well as the book, Is it Organic?, a critical examination of Canada’s organic food industry and the inadequacy of testing prior to certification by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Mischa is married to Sherry, and together they have three young children.