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Ottawa MP David McGuinty Dept: OTTAWA - Ottawa MP David McGuinty abruptly resigned as the Liberal party's natural resources critic Wednesday after suggesting Conservative MPs from Alberta are shills for the oil industry and should go home, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I would like to unreservedly and unequivocally apologize for comments which I made with respect to parliamentary colleagues from the province of Alberta," said McGuinty, whose brother Dalton is premier of Ontario and liberal Leader Bob Rae stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae has apologized for a colleague who suggested Alberta Conservative MPs are shills for the oil industry and should go home.Rae said Wednesday that Ottawa MP David McGuinty's comments were a mistake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand His written statement capped a day in which Liberals had been scrambling to contain the damage from his ill-timed remarks, which came just days before a byelection in Calgary, where the Liberals have high hopes for an upset. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.