N.S. premier says he was told he'd be 'lightning rod' if he walked in Pride parade

NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Thursday she has trouble accepting the premier's explanation, given that no one else in the governing party officially attended.

"We're talking about the presence of the party that governs this province in a regional parade of diversity in this province," she said. "The party was registered to attend and did not show up."

She questioned why, if there was a security risk, she and other party leaders weren't contacted.

"I don't know what his (Houston's) real reason for not being there was, but nothing I've heard so far makes much sense to me .... I think the premier ought to put himself in uncomfortable spaces."

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