The UCP has controlled every move in the riding boundary changes in Alberta. This destroys public trust.
Alberta’s democracy has been under attack for years.
What politician does not want to change the goal posts to ensure returns to power and to control the gateways? Naturally this comes at the expense of the public, a diminishment of our collective power.
Normally, a politician should live in fear that the public they serve will remove them for the attack. But perhaps that fear is no longer present as the UCP feels that they control enough of the gateways. Our offices to maintain the accountability of government power are visibly disarmed. From Elections Alberta unable to carry out meaningful investigations, to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner unable to do anything of significance with the narrow scope of its legislation, to our Justice Minister who is immune from sanctions from his Law Society.