United Conservative Party MLA Derek Fildebrandt, who sublet his downtown Edmonton apartment while claiming thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded housing subsidies, claims the controversy is just a political "smear." Derek Fildebrandt was renting out his downtown Edmonton apartment while claiming thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded housing allowance. During the same time frame, Fildebrandt claimed $7,720 in accommodation allowance for his Edmonton expenses. "$2,555 over 8 months letting out my Edmonton home while unused," Fildebrandt wrote in a tweet on Thursday morning. ​"The [UCP] is damaged by what he's done," McLoughlin said on CBC Radio's Edmonton AM Thursday.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2017 13:41 UTC