Janis Irwin has no intention of running for provincial NDP leadership despite rumours otherwise, the MLA wrote on social media Monday morning.

Irwin, the housing critic in the Alberta Legislature, is an advocate for gender and climate ideology and public rather than private healthcare — issues that “we need to be unapologetically progressive in how we respond.”

“Friends,” she wrote. “I’ve been overwhelmed and admittedly, deeply moved by the support I’ve received over the last while from Albertans encouraging me to run to be leader of our party.”

“I thought about this a lot. I did,” she continued in a lengthy thread. “What I hate most is that I feel like I’m letting some of you down. I hope you’ll understand that now is not the time for me.”