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Wildrose MLAs expressed “regret” Friday as the official Opposition faced some sharp criticism over its roasting of Kathleen Wynne as the Ontario premier sat in the Alberta legislature gallery a day earlier.

Wynne, meanwhile, shrugged off the Wildrose attack, but suggested it wouldn’t have happened in her home province.

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The controversy erupted after Wynne met with Premier Rachel Notley in Edmonton on Thursday to sign a memorandum of understanding on energy and climate change initiatives. She was then introduced in the legislature, where about half the Wildrose caucus sat while other MLAs stood and applauded.

In question period, Wildrose finance critic Derek Fildebrandt derided Wynne for her Liberal government’s climate change and financial plans and questioned why Notley had invited her to Alberta, and not Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Wildrose’s actions, which included Fildebrandt heckling Notley, drew the ire of the NDP government and were also condemned by members of the Progressive Conservative caucus and the leaders of the Liberals and Alberta Party.

Opposition house leader Nathan Cooper said Friday his party shouldn’t have raised the questions with Wynne present as a guest.