A petition has been filed with Elections Alberta to recall Calgary-Bow MLA and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides .

The move was triggered by Calgary resident Jennifer Yeremiy and Elections Alberta said it’s the first recall petition application approved under the Recall Act .

“His record demonstrates a clear failure to support public education,” Yeremiy said in the petition filed on Oct. 14.

She claimed the minister was committed to substantially increasing charter and private school funding; “meanwhile, public education faces: overcrowded classrooms, inappropriate curricula, inadequate resources, and insufficient funding and staff.”

Yeremiy also claimed the minister dismisses Alberta’s role in promoting fossil fuel disinformation in schools across the country.

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