UCP candidate apologizes for homophobic comments, NDP wants him fired

An audio recording of a United Conservative candidate making homophobic remarks during a church sermon in 2013 has surfaced. In the sermon, Mark Smith, who is seeking reelection in Drayton Valley-Devon, said: “You don’t have to watch any TV for any length of time today where you don't see on the TV programs them trying to tell you that homosexuality and homosexual love is good love. Heck, there are even people out there—I could take you to places on the website, I'm sure, where