MLA rephrases himself after suggesting driver in crash may be foreigner, eligible for deportation [Video]

A Manitoba MLA is expressing regret after drawing parallels between the 25-year-old driver in a fatal highway crash and “cheap foreign” labour in the trucking industry, who he said in this instance should be deported if not a Canadian citizen.

In a Facebook post Saturday, Josh Guenter, the Progressive Conservative member representing Borderland, appeared to make assumptions about the ethnicity, citizenship and work experience of the semi-trailer driver in a crash west of Altona the night before.

RCMP have only publicly revealed the driver is a 25-year-old, residing in Brampton, Ont.

It isn’t known if Guenter was privy to additional information about the driver, who police have yet to charge. Guenter declined an interview request from CBC News and instead referred to his updated Facebook post.

Police say the semi driver was travelling eastbound on Highway 201 when he failed to stop at the intersection with Highway 306, hitting the southbound SUV. 

Sara Unger, 35, and her daughter Alexa Unger, 8, …