Peter MacKay Says He Regrets How ‘Stinking Albatross’ Comment Was Viewed

Peter MacKay Says He Regrets How ‘Stinking Albatross’ Comment Was Viewed
Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay speaks to supporters at a meet and greet event in Ottawa, on Jan. 26, 2020. Justin Tang/Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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REGINA—Federal Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says he regrets how some people interpreted his comment that current leader Andrew Scheer’s socially conservative values were a “stinking albatross.”

MacKay made the remark after the last federal election in referring to how Scheer was dogged by questions during the campaign and afterwards about same-sex marriage and abortion.