By The Canadian Press

Angry rhetoric blamed for vandalism at UCP MLA’s office

Jan 16, 2019 | 4:00 PM

An Alberta United Conservative member is cleaning up after rocks were thrown through the windows of his constituency office in an act he says was partly to blame on inflamed NDP rhetoric.

Dave Hanson says sometime Tuesday night large rocks shattered the windows of his office in St. Paul, northeast of Edmonton.

No one was in the office and nobody was hurt.

Hanson says the office later received an email from a person claiming responsibility and apologizing.

He says the person said the vandalism occurred after reading an NDP tweet (see below) saying Hanson’s party plans to give $700 million in tax breaks to rich people and in doing so would cut all supports for the severely disabled.

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The United Conservatives say neither is true, and Hanson says the rock-throwing is a sobering reminder that angry rhetoric and fearmongering can lead to extreme actions.

.@Alberta_UCP plan to give a $700 million tax break to the richest 1%. To pay for this, they would have to cut almost all of AISH which supports 60,000 people. Our govt will not let this happen – we will continue to fight for you and protect your services. #AbLeg #abpoli

— Irfan Sabir (@IrfanSabirMLA) January 16, 2019