A constituency association in southern Alberta is standing behind the area's embattled member of the legislature. who has resigned from his party's caucus following a bevy of negative headlines.
The United Conservative Party MLA, described by the CBC as a "fiscal firebrand," is due back in court this September on the hit-and-run charge. He announced he was leaving his party on Tuesday night.
"I should have been more careful in reviewing them before signing off," said Alberta MLA Derek Fildebrandt."I take the custodianship of taxpayers money with the utmost seriousness."
Fildebrandt started out the day in a defensive posture, saying there was nothing wrong with renting out his subsidized Edmonton apartment through Airbnb when he wasn't using it. He later apologized.
Airbnb has launched a platform to assist hosts who want to provide free housing to displaced people in need in an effort to help the global refugee crisis.