The UCP and the Alberta separatist movement have been rocked back on their heels, the past few days. Thankfully, more Albertans and Canadians are taking note of this

This mess first started when the Centurion project, a separatist group, illegally accessed and displayed confidential information of nearly 3,000,000 Alberta voters, during a meeting. As per an NDP spokesman,

“This meeting provided training to volunteers on how to use the separatists’ project database that is at the centre of this data breach of three million Albertans’ electoral data.”

During the meeting, the confidential information of former UCP premier, Jason Kenney, was displayed as an example of how to use the database. It further came out that two UCP staff members, President Rob Smith, and, caucus director Arundeep Sandhu attended the meeting. Danielle Smith, when questioned on this said she was not aware of this. Definitely a bad look for her.

As a result, the RCMP is now investigating, the matter. Furthermore, Jason Kenney is in the process of initiating legal action against the Centurion project

The separatist movement recently presented to the Alberta legislature a petition with a question on separation, for referendum. The petition reportedly has 300,000 signatures. There is a rumour going around that a number of these signatures were forged based on the voting list that the Centurion project had illegally accessed

Yesterday, Elections Alberta sent cease and desist letters to 23 people who had been provided the list of Alberta voter names and a further 450 letters to people who had accessed the database. Also, Tim Hoven, a separatist activist, and a member of the Centurion project has stepped down as president of the Rocky Mountain House, and district Chamber of Commerce.

As I mentioned, the RCMP is investigating the Centurion project’s illegal access to the voting list as it is still early days. It is likely that more people will get ensnared in this scandal, including cabinet members of the UCP and perhaps Danielle Smith herself.

That’s all I have for today.