Alberta's Municipal Affairs Minister has apologized for using an expletive during an interview in which he criticized the Leader of the Opposition.
Doug Griffiths used the F-word during an interview on Thursday while talking about Wildrose Leader, Danielle Smith's concerns about the entry into homes and the seizure of firearms by the RCMP during the June flooding.
Smith affirmed her position on the RCMP’s conduct at a townhall meeting in High River on Thursday night saying “All signs point to the provincial government. The province contracts the RCMP and if they have caused this kind of damage, two, three, thousand dollars per home owner, someone’s gotta pay and it’s gotta be the province.”
Smith says that the costs could be as high as $5 to $6M if the 1900 homeowners in High River are each compensated an average of $3000.
When asked about Griffiths’ comment, Smith said “I think Mr. Griffiths might need a holiday. I think that kind of language is inappropriate and I have been holding townhall meetings all the way through to be able to fill the information gaps for my constituents and I’m going to keep doing that. I think that he’s kind of missing the point. The point is eleven weeks later we have 1900 homeowners who had their doors busted down, significant damage caused and no one is taking responsibility to compensate and pay them back.”
Griffiths apologized later the same day on twitter saying “My apologies for my inappropriate language today.”
