Alberta’s premier criticized a newly appointed Alberta senator at a speech on Saturday, calling Kristopher Wells a “radical, extreme LGBT activist.”

In a video from the Canada Strong and Free Network event in Red Deer, Alta., Danielle Smith made the comments while lamenting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had chosen to appoint Wells and another senator last month to two vacant Alberta seats. She criticized the appointments for ignoring two women that Albertans had chosen in a 2021 vote as Senate candidates, Pam Davidson and Erika Barootes, the latter of whom introduced Smith at the speech.