An expert at the University of Calgary says a float in a small Alberta town's annual parade made a mockery of some of the symbols the Sikh religion hold sacred.

The float was widely criticized as racist, including by Jason Nixon, Alberta finance minister and UCP MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, George Chahal, the Liberal MP for Calgary Skyview ...

"I strongly condemn the racist float that appeared in the Sundre parade," read the statement. "Discrimination and racism have no place in Sundre or anywhere in Alberta.

I strongly condemn the racist float that appeared in the Sundre parade, read the statement. Discrimination and racism have no place in Sundre or anywhere in Alberta.