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ICYMI: May 4-10

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I was barred from Danielle Smith’s Christian summit. I went anyway.

I was barred from Danielle Smith’s Christian summit. I went anyway.

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May 7
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The Breakdown x The Orchard

The Breakdown x The Orchard

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May 6
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Alberta Métis and First Nations criticize Red River self-government Treaty bill

Alberta Métis and First Nations criticize Red River self-government Treaty bill

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May 5
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For Canada’s National Observer, I collaborated with Rory White on a piece about Arundeep Sandhu, the UCP staffer who was on a call with the separatist Centurion Project when former premier Jason Kenney’s home address was shared.

It turns out Sandhu has some history with Kenney and Centurion Project founder David Parker.

I went on Bad + Bitchy Podcast to discuss Alberta separatism and the various investigations into the Centurion Project.

Bad + Bitchy Podcast
Wild Rose Country
I sat down with Jeremy Appel, who broke the story of leaked voter data by separatist groups in Alberta. Jeremy gave more context and background to Alberta separatism for a more robust understanding of Danielle Smith, Alberta separatists and pipeline politics…
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3 days ago · 8 likes · 1 comment · Bad + Bitchy Podcast

Honourable Mentions

Anyone who reads this newsletter will probably know how much it pisses me off when I break a story and don’t get credit for it, and I’ve never broken a story as significant as the illegal use of the electors list by the separatist Centurion Project.

SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list

SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list

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Rather than shame those who didn’t credit me, I’m going to share the work of those who linked to and/or mentioned my original reporting, which spans mainstream and independent media, as well as the written word, podcasts and short-form video:

Here’s the real scandal at the heart of the Alberta data breach, Andrew Coyne, Globe and Mail (May 6)

The separatist call is coming from inside the house, Erica Ifill, Hill Times (May 6)

Alberta voter list leak is a potential public safety disaster: Enforcement experts, Charles Rusnell, Global News (May 4)

Daveberta - Alberta politics and elections
Largest privacy breach of personal information in Alberta’s history
It has been a while since my phone buzzed with so many questions from political contacts and non-political friends than it did this past weekend…
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7 days ago · 67 likes · 4 comments · Dave Cournoyer
Patrick Lennox
The Theft and Betrayal of Alberta’s Democracy
You can think of democracy in many ways. It is a word that stands in for a set of interconnected abstract concepts like freedom, equality, the right to vote in fair elections, government for the people, not the few…
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7 days ago · 68 likes · 9 comments · Patrick Lennox

Persecuted or unserious? A Shröedinger’s narrative about Alberta separatism, Falice Chin, The Hub (May 3)

What we know so far about the developing Centurion scandal, Jim Storrie, Progress Report (May 1)

Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga
Massive List-of-Electors data breach was inevitable – the UCP’s law-bending style of politics made it so
It may have been the fringy Republican Party of Alberta that got caught letting data from its copy of Alberta’s 2.9-million-name voters’ list be published online in vi…
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10 days ago · 89 likes · 6 comments · David Climenhaga
Bubble Pop with Rachel Gilmore
Did the separatists just doxx the home addresses of more than HALF of the population of Alberta??
The separatists in Alberta apparently published a searchable database providing the private information — including names and addresses — of almost three million people in Alberta…
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11 days ago · 281 likes · 7 comments · Rachel Gilmore

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