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Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith and NDP Leader Brian Mason said regardless of the outcome, Redford showed extremely poor judgment by weighing in at all on a contract that could benefit her ex-husband.

Hawkes has remained close to Redford professionally as an adviser and was the head of her transition team when she became premier in the fall of 2011.

"Did you not realize that it was inappropriate, at the very least, for you to be involved in a decision that would likely involve a substantial financial benefit to your ex-husband?" Mason asked Redford

But when Wildrose critic Rob Anderson, who is also lawyer, suggested Redford's actions violated her duties to the legal profession and could be a matter for the law society to deal with, her demeanour changed.

Anderson said: "How can I feel comfortable (filing a complaint) when the president-elect of the Law Society of Alberta itself happens to be Carsten Jensen, senior partner in -- you guessed it --the exact law firm that you awarded the tobacco contract to. The tangled web never ends, does it?"

It was another angry session of the legislature, with high-decibel insults flying across the aisle between the government benches and the opposition Wildrose.

When Government House Leader Dave Hancock jumped to his feet for a third time to register a breach of parliamentary rules, Anderson shouted, "Sit down, Dave."

The PCs then shouted down Anderson, one of whom appeared to mocked his religion.

"That's a Mormon!" hollered one of the backbenchers. The jab could be heard in the gallery and on the audio recording of the proceedings, but it was not clear who yelled it.

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