The man who launched a petition drive to oust United Conservative Party legislature member Angela Pitt says she needs to go because she’s not getting the job done.

Airdrie, Alta., resident Derek Keenan says it’s not a political issue, and that his goal isn’t to replace Pitt as the MLA for Airdrie-East with someone in the Opposition NDP.

Rather, Keenan said in an interview Tuesday, it’s because Pitt has become less responsive to community issues and concerns, and he doesn’t think people are being listened to.

“That’s been happening for some time,” he said.

“I had sent emails regarding various concerns to her over time (and) the emails that we were getting back, if she answered at all, were very stock.”

He said access to health care has been a long-standing priority for the community wh

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