Manitoba’s Opposition Progressive Conservative leader is apologizing for making a gesture in question period that mimicked shooting himself in the head.
Obby Khan says the action was in frustration during question period Wednesday, and called it childish and not justifiable.
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He says he apologizes without reservation.
Education Minister Tracy Schmidt had been answering a question, when Khan turned to a colleague, pointed two fingers toward his head and pretended to pull a trigger.
The governing NDP complained, and the Speaker said Khan’s gesture was egregious and offensive.
Schmidt says she’s deeply disturbed by what happened, given the current political climate and because students were in the public gallery at the time.
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