FREDERICTON — The widow of a civilian killed in last Friday's Fredericton shootings says she has no regrets about a profane phrase she directed at Justin Trudeau during his condolence call to her Wednesday.
Melissa Robichaud said her family was hurt the prime minister did not reach out to them Sunday while in the city, where he paid public tribute to Constables Robb Costello and Sara Burns at city hall.
Robichaud said Trudeau told her he wanted to give his condolences for the death of her husband, Donnie, but couldn't because he was meeting with families of the police officers.
She said she responded by calling the prime minister "a piece of (expletive)."
She said she swore at him because her two sons have been made to feel that their father, Donnie Robichaud, was somehow less important.
Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright were also gunned down with Costello and Burns at an apartment complex on the city's north side.
In an email, a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office, Chantal Gagnon, would only say that Trudeau has personally offered his condolences to the families of the victims and will continue to offer support.
The PMO confirmed that Trudeau had spoken to Melissa Robichaud and her two sons and that he would be speaking to Wright's family in the next few days.
Forty-eight-year-old Matthew Vincent Raymond has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
