PC MLA apologizes for comments regarding female paramedics

Summerside-Wilmot Progressive Conservative MLA Tyler DesRoches has taken to social media to apologize for comments he made Wednesday during a legislative committee meeting.  The comments were made during questioning of the director of operations for Medavie Health Services, which operates the province’s ambulance service.  The comments were in regards to female paramedics and calls for lift assist.   In his online apology, Desroches says that he made a statement that he wholeheartedly regrets – that it was insensitive, inappropriate, and wrong.  He says he fully understands that someone’s gender should never be a determining factor when evaluating someone’s knowledge, skills and abilities to do their work.