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Danielle Smith and the UCP can’t be very happy with Alberta’s chief electoral officer

Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party can’t be too happy today with Elections Alberta and its boss, Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure. On Wednesday, Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard ruled that Mr. McClure made an error in law when he approved a Citizen Initiative petition collected by a group seeking a referendum…

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Danielle Smith and the UCP can’t be very happy with Alberta’s chief electoral officer

If Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat court ruling quashing separatist petition as a political get-out-of-jail-free card

You thought the voters list debacle was bad? 20 years ago, Alberta Conservatives wanted our birthdays on it too!

Danielle Smith – the public face of foreign interference in Canada – gets Canadian security clearance

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Horse gone; barn door now shut: Elections Alberta issues 568 cease-and-desist letters

Independent MLA Scott Sinclair delivers abject apology to former UCP colleagues

Alberta Politics

Separatists deliver their petition signatures, try to create an impression of unstoppable momentum

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