The leader of the Opposition says Daryl Wiberg misstated his party's position on a forest research centre in Prince Albert. Wiberg changed his mind after criticizing the government's decision to build it downtown.

Elwin Hermanson says Wiberg's comments are not consistent with those of the Saskatchewan Party.

"That's not the right location," Hermanson says. "That taxpayers might not be best served, that the forestry sector might not be best served and, for that matter, Prince Albert might not be best served with an office tower being built in downtown versus a proper research centre built where it can perform its function to its fullest extent."

He says he plans to meet with Daryl Wiberg to find out why his MLA changed his mind on the matter.

Wiberg launched a campaign against a project to build a $12.7 million forestry research centre in downtown Prince Albert after a government consultant's report was leaked to the Star-Phoenix newspaper. The report identified several problems with the project.

The government later agreed to review the support for the plan to build the office building downtown.

Wiberg agreed to meet with a group of business people, who expressed unified support for the government's plan. That meeting was held early Tuesday morning. Wiberg left that meeting saying that supports the plan to build the research centre downtown.

"The community wants this project in Prince Albert, I support that. The community has decided that this project should be in downtown Prince Albert and I am going to support that," Wiberg said after the meeting on Tuesday morning.

Wiberg also planned to deliver that message to Industry Minister Eric Cline. Cline said Monday that he plans to review support for the research centre concerns were raised about the level of support for the project in Prince Albert.

Wiberg says that Cline doesn't need to review the project because it's clear that support is strong.

"He didn't need to have his deputy minister do a review, all he simply had to do was make some key phone calls into the city of Prince Albert and this issue would have been taken care of very quickly, rather than tie up a deputy minister's time for two weeks," Wiberg says.