Overview
- The voicemail was left Nov. 10 in response to complaints about the province’s handling of the Alberta teachers’ strike.
- Audio continued after she appeared to hang up, capturing her referring to the next person she planned to call with an expletive.
- Tanya Fir called the language a moment of poor judgment and issued a direct apology to the affected individual.
- Doug Firby, who posted the recording, said he spoke with her, accepted her apology, and noted she described receiving abusive messages.
- No party sanctions have been reported, and a political scientist warned such language from public officials erodes democratic norms.