Calgary-Peigan MLA Tanya Fir has apologized to a constituent after a voicemail punctuated with profanity was shared online.

In the voicemail, which was posted to Substack by columnist Doug Firby, a voice that sounds like the MLA's can be heard referring to somebody as the "next motherf----r" toward the end of the message.

Firby told CBC News the voicemail was left on another constituent's phone on Nov. 10. He said the message mentioned Firby's name and phone number, which prompted that person to forward the recording.

"My MLA had left a voice message with this other person ... and didn't realize that she hadn't hung up the phone when she finished," he said.

The message she left was in response to the caller's complaints about the province's management of the Alberta teachers' strike

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