EDMONTON — An Alberta cabinet minister is promising to follow the rules after an unusual late-night tour of the legislature last week for controversial American Christian singer Sean Feucht.
Family Services Minister Searle Turton said in a statement that he led Feucht and others through the domed building late Friday after the singer held a concert on the legislature grounds.
Feucht later posted a short video on social media that night of a "worship session," with him and others seen singing in the building's rotunda.
The singer has been a controversial figure for his outspoken social conservative views on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion as well as his fierce support of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Feucht had planned to embark on a cross-Canada tour this summer, though many concerts in othe