David McGuinty has apologized for his pejorative critique of Alberta Tories.
On Tuesday, Sun News reported that the Liberal MP — and brother of Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty — suggested Conservatives from Alberta don't belong in Parliament because they are “very small-p provincial individuals” who jealously guard their “fossil fuel business.”
"They really should go back to Alberta and run either for municipal council in a city that's deeply affected by the oilsands business or go run for the Alberta legislature,” he said.
In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, McGuinty apologized for his comments and stated that he would resign from his Energy and Natural Resource critic portfolio.
“As Member of Parliament for Ottawa South I would like to unreservedly and unequivocally apologize for comments which I made with respect to Parliamentary colleagues from the province of Alberta. My words in no way reflect the views of my party or leader, and I offer my apology to them as well as my colleagues from Alberta,” he wrote.
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