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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Poilievre’s Edmonton “Spike the Hike” rally gathers largest crowd yet

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Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Isaac Lamoureux

Over 3,000 people – including Alberta’s premier – gathered in Edmonton to cheer on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s crusade against the carbon tax.

The 750 available chairs at the Edmonton Expo Centre filled long before Poilievre came on stage, with the rest of the attendees squeezing together in standing room only space. 

This Spike the Hike rally was the biggest one to date, confirmed Poilievre spokesperson Sebastian Skamski, although he commanded a similar turnout when he was campaigning for the Conservative leadership in Edmonton in 2022, MP Shannon Stubbs said. 

Throughout the night, a clock on the right side of the centre counted down, not to Poilievre’s anticipated arrival, but to the moment of the upcoming carbon tax increase on Monday.

Throughout his 45-minute speech, Poilievre addressed many of his main talking points. He talked about building more homes, eliminating the carbon tax, removing vaccine mandates to employ more doctors and nurses, opposing numerous bills such as the Online Harms Act and the “no more pipelines” act, stopping safe supply programs, and more.

Poilievre committed to ending deficits at the federal government level. He said that the Liberal government printed $600 million of cash in three years, increasing the money supply by 32% while the economy only grew by 4%. 

Later in his speech, he asked the crowd, “How much money did we print?” 

When one attendee gave the correct answer – $600 million – Poilievre threw them an “Axe the Tax” t-shirt, one of the pieces of Poilievre-branded swag the Conservatives have been selling as the leader criss-crosses the country ahead of next year’s federal election.

Poilievre, who was born in Calgary, spent much of his speech talking about oil and gas, an issue near and dear to Alberta.

Stubbs told True North a Poilievre government would not snub her province like the current government does.

“That’s why I feel inspired every day with him as a leader in the first place. It is because he does value Alberta, he values Albertans, he values our contribution to the country,” she said. “He knows that Albertans have an outsized impact that lifts the entire country up for the best interest of all Canadians.”

Poilievre was clear that resistance to the carbon tax isn’t just a western phenomenon, however.

“Across the country, we are seeing an outbreak of common sense,” he said.

Poilievre said 70% of premiers and Canadian citizens have called Trudeau to spike the hike. 

“But they wouldn’t have had the courage to do it had there not been a trailblazer leading the way in your common sense conservative leader, the great Danielle Smith,” he added.

He called on Smith to join him on stage, asking her if she’d be willing to join his call to all candidates of the Alberta NDP leadership race to write Justin Trudeau and tell him to ‘spike the hike.’ 

“100%,” said Smith. “I can’t believe that this city voted NDP with all the Conservatives in this building. But you have the power to call all the NDP leadership candidates and all the MLAs to tell their boss, Jagmeet Singh, in Ottawa that he should axe the tax and spike the hike.”

Poilievre cracked a joke about equalization payments as he thanked Smith for her support.

“I know that Alberta’s usually used to giving to Ottawa, but here’s one gift that I’m bringing back from Ottawa,” said Poilievre as he handed Smith her own Axe the Tax t-shirt, which she put on before she left the stage and held up her own “Spike the Hike, Axe the Tax” sign.

Poilievre hit on his usual talking abouts regarding inflation, which he says is an “immoral tax” that he would combat by capping government spending and cutting waste.

“It means big government and small citizens. And that is exactly what has been the design of our prime minister,” Poilievre said. “He said he admires the basic Chinese communist dictatorship. He said he admired the leadership of Fidel Castro. He said that he wanted to seize the bank accounts of law-abiding people for protesting. He tried to censor the internet.”

Stubbs said that Poilievre will fight for oil and gas workers, natural gas, and pipelines, accelerating traditional energy development and being able to export it worldwide. Poilievre echoed the sentiment in his speech, talking about how he would use Canada’s natural resources to help clean the atmosphere, as it is a much cleaner gas than that of Russia’s and other foreign countries. 

After the rally concluded, Pierre waited as hundreds of attendees lined up to meet him. The line lasted for over three hours, as Pierre spent minutes with each person hearing their concerns and desires. 

The Andrew Lawton Show | Trudeau’s team doing damage control on online censorship bill

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Andrew Lawton
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Source: Facebook

As the Liberal government faces criticism over its so-called online harms bill, an adviser to Justin Trudeau has written an op-ed defending the bill and calling concerns about its effect on free speech “rage farming.” True North’s Andrew Lawton sets the record straight, then speaks with Canadian Constitution Foundation litigation director Christine Van Geyn about why people should be worried about the bill.

Also, April 1 is proving to be a pivotal day for Canadian taxpayers – the carbon tax increase, a pay raise for members of Parliament, and even a hike to the alcohol tax. Perhaps this is why so many Canadians are poised to protest across the country on Monday. Franco Terrazzano, federal director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, joins to navigate through it all.

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Alberta wants more control of immigration “on our terms,” Smith says

By
Rachel Parker, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants more control over immigration after the federal government declined to increase the number of skilled workers awarded to the province. 

Smith asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a letter to re-evaluate his government’s decision to limit allocations for Alberta’s provincial nominee program, saying the province’s population growth is the highest seen in four decades – so it needs more workers. 

Ottawa should respect Section 95 of the Constitution Act and let Alberta determine the number of skilled workers let into the province, Smith said. 

“We continue to experience labour shortages that could be resolved by welcoming skilled workers from around the world, including evacuees from Ukraine, many of whom have the exact skills that our job market most needs,” Smith said in a statement.

“Let us welcome the skilled individuals we need into our province on our terms.”

Section 95 of the Constitution relates to federal and provincial legislative jurisdiction over agriculture and immigration. The federal government’s provincial nominee program chooses which skilled applicants will be admitted into a given province or territory. 

Ottawa told the province last week it would receive 9,750 skilled workers. That’s the same number Alberta was given in 2023, down from the 10,140 the feds originally promised this year. 

John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, said it was fair for Smith to invoke the Constitution Act because Section 95 requires provincial input on immigration. 

“It’s good and relevant to remind the federal government,” he told True North. 

Carpay said Ottawa is not in conflict with the letter of the law, but the spirit of the law is to be cooperative and to accommodate the needs of the provinces  And if the province with the strongest and fastest growing strongest economy requires more skilled workers, “absent compelling reasons, the federal government should accommodate that,” he said. 

Alberta Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Muhammad Yaseen said immigration is the key to grow the provincial economy and address labour shortages. He said Ottawa’s limit will be a “very difficult pill to swallow.”

“Not only for businesses that need this skilled labour but also to the many Ukrainian evacuees who have the skills we need and wish to stay permanently in Alberta.”

The Daily Brief | Is the carbon tax threatening national unity?

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Source: Facebook

At least four Canadian premiers are requesting an audience with the House of Commons finance committee to urge the federal government to axe the carbon tax increase coming into effect Monday.

Plus, the Trudeau government has spent $42 million on its gun confiscation scheme without a single firearm purchased.

And taxpayers were billed over $115 million to accommodate asylum seekers in hotels in Niagara Falls last year. Are asylum seekers being treated better than Canadians these days?

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Tribunal resumes for Ottawa detective who probed for link between infant deaths and vaccines

By
Jason Unrau
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Source: Unsplash

The Ottawa Police Service has hired local law firm Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall to assist its discreditable conduct case against detective Helen Grus. On Monday, day 15 of Grus’ disciplinary tribunal, it was learned that firm partners Jessica Barrow and Lynda Bordeleau – former OPS chief Charles Bordeleau’s wife – have joined the prosecution.

They were retained by OPS after Grus’ defence team of Bath-Sheba van den Berg and Blair Ector filed a motion to have police’s lead counsel, Vanessa Stewart, tossed from the case for professional misconduct. During cross-examination of a defence witness last January, Stewart compared Grus’ calm demeanour to that of serial rapist and double murderer Russell Williams.

Other aspects of the motion included Stewart’s perceived conflict of interest with a prosecution witness who is her sister-in-law, and what the defence felt was a recalcitrant attitude towards negotiating Grus’ use of police documents in her defence.

Grus was charged with discreditable conduct on July 26, 2022 under Ontario’s Police Services Act, relating to what police allege was her “self-initiated and unauthorized project” involving her probe of increasing Sudden Infant Deaths and a possible link to COVID vaccines.

After more than a fortnight of hearing days, the most egregious aspect of Grus’ purported misconduct is telephoning one father of a SIDS victim to inquire about the vaccine status of the mother–this at a time when Ontario residents still had to show their vaccine passport to get a haircut or a restaurant meal.

According to Grus’ compelled statement, played on the opening day of the disciplinary tribunal, there were six SIDS cases in 2021, which she perceived as a two- or threefold increase compared to a typical year. At the time, she was a senior detective in OPS’ child abuse unit and part of her job included investigating sudden deaths of children five-and-under.

Though the Mar. 25 hearing day was intended to argue the motion to boot Stewart from the case, van den Berg offered to withdraw it without prejudice (allowing Grus’ defence to revisit the issue in future if need be), which tribunal adjudicator Chris Renwick allowed.

“We welcome the presence of Ms. Barrow and Ms. Bordeleau on this case,” van den Berg told the tribunal. “We consider the change in circumstances to be a form of relief that mitigates some of the concerns we raised… we are hopeful.”

Barrow responded that the allegations against Stewart were “very serious…(and) harmful to her reputation” and that OPS hired her and Bordeleau to handle arguments against Stewart’s removal, but that she would continue to manage the case.

“(Our involvement) shouldn’t be taken as any kind of concession or relief.”   

That exchange aside, the parties’ lawyers have been communicating and will continue to negotiate a deal with respect to allowing Grus use of OPS documents. Renwick is giving them until mid-April to reach an agreement.

“There has to be some parameters by a responding officer taking OPS documents for their defence,” Renwick noted. “Many of these documents cannot be admitted without redaction for a whole list of reasons.”

Proceedings wrapped on an unusually collegial note compared to the tumultuous and combative hearing days previously. However momentary unrest did erupt just prior the day’s start, after Ottawa police prevented dozens of Grus supporters from entering proceedings at the Stittsville, Ont. detachment, claiming fire code concerns. They also threatened to tow would-be spectators’ vehicles from the parking lot.

These decrees were met with jeers from those packed into the detachment lobby. Inside the boardroom, an elderly gentleman took things further and was ejected by plainclothes cops after menacing tribunal adjudicator Chris Renwick with a leaflet and accused him of breaking the Nuremberg Code.

“I am prepared to clear the room,” Renwick warned after the aggressive interruption.

Attendance has been steady throughout Grus’ disciplinary tribunal but Monday’s one-day session attracted the largest number of Grus supporters since her misconduct hearings began last August. This was the first occasion people were turned away.   

Van den Berg called this scenario a potential breach of the open court principle, “oppressive for (those) who want to attend.” She said it would likely create similar issues when Grus testifies this spring. Again she suggested online simulcasting, as was done during the pre-trial case days, or rescheduling the next five-day session beginning May 27 at a larger venue with more parking, options that Renwick has to date rejected. 

“I very much recognize that this venue did not meet the public expectations,” Renwick said before adjourning for the day.

“I will do everything I can, working with OPS to see if we can resolve these issues.”

Liberal MPs unhappy with Scott Moe’s carbon tax committee appearance

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe spoke before a House of Commons committee to demand an end to the April 1 carbon tax price hike.

The coming April 1 tax increase will see the current $65-per-tonne carbon price rise to $80 per tonne, a detail that Moe argued was never included in the original announcement.  

“The carbon tax policy that was promised to cap out at $50 and is now $170 or who knows where now, combined with a number of other policies are creating uncertainty for the investment environment,” said Moe before the Government Operations and Estimates Committee on Wednesday.

Moe testified before the committee, much to the chagrin of Liberal MPs who were upset that he was called forth as a witness. 

“You called the meeting unilaterally without instruction or consultation with the members of this committee… This is a political stunt and theatre, just part and parcel of where our Conservative colleagues are taking this, to get clips” said Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk.

Moe won’t be the only premier to testify at the committee however, as the premiers of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Alberta are expected to express their opposition to the 1 tax hike as well.

Conservative MP and committee chair Kelly McCaulay defended the decision to call Moe, saying that it was “fully within” his powers to do so.  

McCauley argued that since MPs were studying government spending plans, hearing from premiers was relevant to the committee.

“There’s lots of examples of other chairs doing such things. It is the privilege and obligation, I think, of the chair to call meetings,” said McCauley. “And I did so.”

Moe testified that not it’s not just Saskatchewan producers but also agriculture farmers across Canada were being unduly punished by the federal carbon pricing system.

“I don’t agree that Canada is a climate laggard and I certainly don’t agree that Saskatchewan is a climate laggard,” said Moe. “I think that Saskatchewan and Canada are climate leaders when it comes to developing industries that are reducing emissions with innovations and then sharing those around the world.”

He said that his province was already producing wheat, canola oil and other products in a way that was so environmentally conscious that if agro-producers around the world were to do the same tomorrow, there would be a 25% drop in total emissions.  

When asked if he supported the Paris Climate Accord, Moe said that he did, in particular Article 6, which “sets out how countries can pursue voluntary cooperation to reach their climate targets.”

When referencing the goals of the Paris agreement, Moe said that “the goal is not for the big polluters to pay, the goal is for them to reduce their emissions because they are employing people in your community and my community.” 

The committee also discussed the carbon tax rebates.

“Do you know how many people in Saskatchewan rely on these rebates to get by in the midst of this affordability crisis?” asked Liberal MP Jenica Atwin.

“In general they get less back than they pay,” replied Moe. 

“Can you table some data to prove that for us?” pressed Atwin.

“It’s in the parliamentary budget officer’s report, which has been quoted many times and I can send you that, yes,” answered Moe. “Our overarching goal is to keep taxes as low as possible, in particular taxes that are ineffective like the carbon tax.” 

Atwin then asked how uncertainty around the price on pollution affects business decisions. 

“Would you agree that the uncertainty around the price on pollution isn’t good for businesses?”

“I would say that the price on pollution is creating uncertainty around the investment environment in Saskatchewan and Canada,” replied Moe. “Uncertainty that some national leaders are trying to navigate through as best they can.”

Atwin asked what kind of “windfall” the Saskatchewan oil and gas industry might face if the federal carbon pricing system was removed.

“There would be no windfall,” replied Moe. “What you would see is a return to significant investment into some of the cleanest oil and gas that is produced on earth and I think that would be a good thing for the globe.”

Authors of book on residential schools respond to B.C. city council denunciation

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Amazon.ca

The editors of a book about residential schools and the Kamloops unmarked grave claim are calling a recent city council vote to denounce the book an act of censorship by busybody politicians.

City council in the British Columbia city of Quesnel unanimously voted to condemn Grave Error: How the Media Misled Us (and the Truth about Residential Schools), a collection of essays edited by C.P. Champion and Tom Flanagan and published by True North, last week after the Lhtako Dene Nation said it downplayed the harms of residential schools. 

“It has come to our attention that a person related to a member of the City’s elected [council] has been distributing a book entitled Grave Error,” wrote the Lhtako Dene Nation in a letter to the Mayor and Council last Tuesday.

The Indigenous group claimed that the book was “basically questioning the existence of Indian Residential Schools.”

Champion and Flanagan say this simply isn’t true.

“Despite the fact that there is absolutely nothing in Grave Error that questions the existence of Indian residential schools, Council members voted unanimously to denounce the book.” 

The controversy first began after Quesnel mayor Ron Paull’s wife, Pat Morton, had been circulating copies of the book to other members of the community, including to the mother of Quesnel Coun. Tony Goulet. 

Goulet is Métis and his father is a residential school survivor.  

“It’s very, very, very traumatizing, it’s very, very, very disrespectful to an Indigenous community… to receive this book,” said Goulet in a statement to city council. “And especially with my dad going through residential school … it brought up a lot of stuff.”

However, the book’s co-authors believe that city council and the Lhtako Dene Nation are censoring debate and “impeding Canadians from accessing authoritative analysis based on solid historical evidence.”

The authors maintain that the book is not opinion based, but rather a collection of numerous articles by other academics, journalists and retired officials who “refute the false claim that the remains of 215 children were found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.”

“I did receive the book through a third party, and through my mom actually, who went to a business in town, and the book was given to her with my dad sitting right next to them. And as you all know my dad did go to residential school and was an attendee in residential school. So it came from my Mom. She took it, she read it, she called me, and she said, “I can’t read it anymore,” reads a statement from Giulet. 

“She read the first maybe 100 pages or so and just put it down. She gave it to me to have a look at and read. I did read it from the beginning.  I too had to put it down. . . .I continued to read the book. I read it from cover to cover. It is very one-sided. It is an opinion of somebody who wrote the book, so we have to take that into consideration.”

Champion and Flanagan took issue with Goulet’s statement however, saying that council members were not aware that his father had gone to a residential school and furthermore, no one has been able to provide them with which residential school he may have attended following their request for more information, including Goulet himself. 

“Moreover, despite claiming he had read the entire book, Goulet erroneously asserted that

Grave Error denies the existence of Indian residential schools, which it clearly does not,” Champion and Flanagan said.

Flanagan also questioned why it was a city council matter in the first place given the mayor’s wife has no official role and distributed the books on her own.

Flanagan argues that private citizens should be allowed to share books with others and not be chastised because they may be related to a member of the council. 

Champion argued that the actions of the councillors reveal that “they are hostile” to the truth.  

“In order to understand history, citizens need access to different points of view, and the evidence that underpins them. The councillors for the City of Quesnel are fearful and may not realize they are suppressing the disputational process, preventing the truth from coming out,” said Champion. 

“Elected officials, news reporters and influencers should have the integrity to read Grave Error

For themselves, and make up their own minds. Canadians at large have a right to question false narratives.”

In addition to the Quesnel City Council denouncing the book, at least two libraries in BC have now refused patron requests to purchase Grave Error. 

Trudeau tells premiers to back down in letter, some to testify tomorrow in committee

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote a letter to the four premiers who asked to make a case for axing the carbon tax before a federal committee. In his letter, Trudeau said he aimed to dispel the misconception that Canada’s carbon pricing system drives inflation, claiming it was “demonstrably false.”

He added that the Bank of Canada has said the carbon price is only responsible for 0.1% of annual inflation. However, True North previously reported inconsistencies in the Bank of Canada’s projections regarding the carbon tax’s influence on inflation. When Saskatchewan stopped collecting its carbon levy, its inflation fell by 0.8% the following month. When Manitoba stopped collecting its fuel tax, its inflation fell by 0.9% the next month.

Trudeau said in his letter that “eight out of ten families get more money back than they pay — with low- and middle-income households benefitting the most.” 

True North has reported numerous times that the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s study shows that the carbon tax cost the average family $710 more than they received in rebates in 2023-24. The cost will balloon to $2,773 by 2030-31.

Trudeau said that rebates are about to go up, but so will the carbon tax when it increases by 23% on April 1. Protests to this increase are planned across the country. 

The prime minister also stated a price on pollution is the key to any serious plan to combat climate change. 

“It is the most efficient way to reduce emissions across the economy — from industry to transportation to buildings and businesses,” he said.

Premiers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick each individually wrote letters to the House of Commons finance committee asking to testify, urging the federal government to axe the carbon tax increase on April 1.

While they didn’t get their wish to testify before the finance committee, some will testify before the committee on governance operations and estimates.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe already testified before the Standing Committee on Governance Operations and Estimates on Wednesday. He said that since 2015, Saskatchewan has reduced fuel emissions by 65%.

“We are making every effort to reduce our footprints, and we’re doing it and can do it without a federally imposed carbon tax,” said Moe.

While having not yet testified, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been very vocal in opposition to the carbon tax and its upcoming increase.

She said that even Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault claimed that the carbon tax would have no impact until 2060. “So, they’ve even acknowledged that their carbon tax is not working,” she added.

Smith explained that one of the biggest flaws of the carbon tax is that it gives no rebates to small businesses, who subsequently have to add the additional cost to everything they sell, further fuelling inflation. 

“Keep in mind how bad this is; when the fuel tax on natural gas goes up on April 1, it’ll be over $4 a gigajoule. Gas right now is selling at, I believe, $1.72 a gigajoule. So the tax is more than double what people are paying for the base price of fuel,” said Smith.

She provided numerous examples of how Alberta could work towards carbon neutrality without a carbon tax. She said that four premiers testifying from both sides of the country could hopefully have an impact on the committee.

In Trudeau’s letter, he boasted that Canada is on track to meet its climate target for the first time ever. 

April 1 will see the carbon tax increase from $65 to $80 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted. True North previously reported that a “compulsory” carbon price of over $350 per tonne would be required for the federal government to reach its net-zero goals by 2050.

Trudeau added that he was happy to hear from provinces if they were able to provide him with alternative systems that met the minimum standards for emissions reductions.

Smith argued that Alberta has already offered a better climate action plan, which would result in carbon neutrality being reached by 2050 by reducing industrial emissions.

“There was a recent report that said it’s these kinds of major industrial emissions reduction projects that are having an impact, and carbon taxes aren’t,” said Smith.

Smith will testify before the committee on government operations and estimates tomorrow morning, following New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, who will testify an hour before. Moe has already testified, and it is unclear when or if Nova Scotian Premier Tim Houston will.

NDP leadership candidate drops out, backs Nenshi

By
Rachel Parker, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Alberta NDP leadership hopeful Naheed Nenshi’s success at signing new members has caused one competitor to drop out, but new data reveals he has an uphill battle against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith if he wins the contest. 

Edmonton MLA Rakhi Pancholi dropped out of the race on Tuesday and announced she would be backing the former Calgary mayor. 

The Alberta NDP has declined to release updated party numbers, but Pancholi said membership numbers provided by the party to leadership candidates reveal that Nenshi has “more than doubled” party membership since he announced his leadership bid two weeks ago.

The Alberta NDP had 16,224 members at the end of December. The party said it would not release an updated count until May 12 as new members are vetted for eligibility.

Leadership contenders have until April 22 to sell memberships. The more memberships they sell, the higher their chance of success as only party members can vote in the leadership contest. 

An Abacus Data poll released Wednesday revealed that Nenshi is also the most known candidate. He’s also the only candidate who has a clear net positive impression. 

Of 1,000 respondents, 31% of Albertans have a positive view of him compared with 23% who have a negative view for a net score of +8. Kathleen Ganley is the only other candidate with a net positive, but just barely at +1.

When it comes to competing with Smith, provincewide support for an Alberta NDP led by Nenshi was at 38% compared with 53% who said they would vote for Smith’s United Conservative Party. 

With Pancholi’s exit, there are five contenders left in the race including Nenshi, Calgary MLA Kathleen Ganley, Edmonton MLAs Sarah Hoffman and Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse, and Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan.

Sovereign North managing partner Cam Davies said Pancholi’s exit is the “Nenshi coronation,” and the Alberta NDP is quickly going to become the Nenshi democratic party.

“For all intents and purposes, the leadership race is over. Nenshi will win,” Davies told True North. “The math just doesn’t add up for the other candidates.” 

Davies also said only political insiders are paying attention to “crystal ball” polls that try to match voter intention three years ahead of an election.

The Alberta Roundup | Chestermere responds “We definitely like Mayor Colvin”

By
Rachel Parker
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Source: Chestermere Law LLP

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel interviews Chestermere residents to see how they feel about their mayor, three councillors, and three CAO’s being dismissed by Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver.

McIver has said the city was being governed in an improper, irregular and improvident manner. He has ordered a financial inspection of the city’s books and the city is currently being run by an interim administrator.

The dismissed mayor and councillors allege the province began investigating their council after they found irregular spending patterns in Chestermere’s books. They also say city staff deleted emails and weren’t forthcoming with requested information.

City residents say they have concerns about corruption and want the mayor and the councillors reinstated.

Tune into the Alberta Roundup now!

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