An Alberta Party candidate in the province's upcoming election says his recent interaction with a landlord and prospective voters was a "slap in the face" to democracy.

UPDATE — April 15: Two days after the incident, Gar posted a photo of himself on Twitter with a man named Steve, who he said "personally apologized" for the the incident captured on video. Grateful to meet w/ Steve tonight. He did personally apologized for the incident. Indicated that he just had a bad day & will also be apologizing to the renter. As a landlord, Steve did not know that they were changes to @ElectionsAB#ABleg#abpoli#yyc#calgaryeastpic.twitter.com/s08HhuXE2p — Gar Gar (@GarGar4YYCEast) April 13, 2019

Gar Gar told HuffPost Canada he was door-knocking in Calgary's Penbrooke neighbourhood on Wednesday when he ran into a man and a woman who said they supported his campaign. The man told Gar he wanted him to meet his mother and took the candidate back to their house. Gar said she, too, was a supporter and was interested in a lawn sign. "Everything went fine. I installed it for her and screwed it in," he said.

Gar Gar/Twitter A screengrab from a video that Alberta Party candidate Gar Gar shared on Twitter shows a man forcibly removing one of his campaign signs.

"We were about to go to my car, me and my wife, and I heard somebody calling me from my back and say 'hey, you, come back'," said Gar. The candidate said he thought it was another voter who wanted to speak about the election, but he quickly noticed the man's body language as he approached. "Just mad. Bursting," Gar said, adding that he started filming when he realized something serious could happen. The man told Gar he was the landlord of the property and didn't want the signs on his lawn.

Destroying a lawn sign right in front of a renter. In #CalgaryEast, where most voters are renting homes, this only continues to isolate and instill fear in our community. Its a slap in the face for those who died in fighting for our democracy. #abvote#abpoli#yyc#ablegpic.twitter.com/dZyO3xIHoi — Gar Gar (@GarGar4YYCEast) April 11, 2019

Wanting to de-escalate the situation, Gar said he was about to offer to remove the sign when the man decided to "take matters into his own hands." "Everything just happened so fast, this guy just burst in ... took [the sign] out, ripped it and said here you go," he said. Election Act outlines tenants' rights In the video he shared on Twitter, Gar can be heard asking about the woman's rights since — as several users on the social network pointed out — Alberta's Election Act prohibits landlords or condo boards from preventing tenants from displaying election advertising material. Gar said he could "sense the fear" from the renters, that they wanted to avoid any problems for their living situation.

Screengrab/Gar Gar/Facebook Gar Gar, an Alberta Party candidate in the riding of Calgary-East, says a man who tore out one of his election signs from a lawn owes Calgarians an apology.

She later came to him and said that they still supported Gar. But he said she spoke in a lower voice, as if she didn't want the landlord to hear her. "She was saying 'I'm so sorry.' She shouldn't be the one saying sorry." Gar said he's running in Alberta's election to help fight what he calls a stigma between renters and homeowners. He said some voters, like the woman on that lawn, might "fear" casting a ballot because they believe they can't make a difference. For every poster that goes down, it's a slap in the face to donors who believed in us. The people that go out and vote.Gar Gar, Alberta Party candidate "I think it comes back to each one of us to do their right obligations, to bring the community standard to what it is," he said. "For every poster that goes down, it's a slap in the face to donors who believed in us. The people that go out and vote." This isn't the first time that Gar's election material has been damaged. Last month, he found one of his posters defaced with the phrase "vote for your future."

Thinking is about our children is a positive vision, but the real way to make change is through the ballet box. It pains me to see graffiti in any community. It truly reinforces the negative stigma that we are fighting against every day.#calgaryeast#yyc#ableg#abpolipic.twitter.com/dIpBZpeHTP — Gar Gar (@GarGar4YYCEast) March 24, 2019