EVIDENCE SUGGESTS UCP JOINED APRIL 16 CENTURION PROJECT MEETING; FORMER PREMIER’S DATA SHARED

A connection is alleged between the UCP and the Centurion Project’s Elections Alberta Data Leak.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP Caucus has obtained video evidence that appears to show that a senior member of the United Conservative Party (UCP) party executive and a member of the UCP Caucus staff, people that are in the Premier’s inner circle, attended the April 16 online meeting of the Centurion Project. 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.

The Alberta NDP Caucus obtained a recording of the Centurion Project’s April 16 online meeting, attended by 80 individuals. The attendee list and a video recording of the call identify that a ‘Rob Smith’ and an ‘Arundeep Sandhu’ were in attendance. The President of the UCP is named Rob Smith and the UCP Caucus Director of Stakeholder Relations is named Arundeep Sandhu.

Alberta’s New Democrats have passed this recording on to the RCMP as they continue their investigation.

How Did an Alberta Separatist Group Get Its Hands on the Voter List? | The Walrus

At this point, Canadians are witnessing one of the worst crashes on the public stage in history. A UCP embroiled in allegations of corruption with CorruptCare now sees separatist organizations responsible for one of the greatest data leak in Canadian history. Even more concerning is how the separatist organizations are all led by individuals affiliated with the UCP, and in some ways either travel in the same circles as Danielle Smith or have relationships with the Alberta Premier.

Justice Minister Mickey Amery looks to stand nearly at the eye of the hurricane, with allegations of conflicts of interest arising from the Corrupt Care scandals mixing with his role in these legislative amendments leading up to the Elections Alberta Data Leak.

The Walrus’ Patrick Lennox brings a review of events leading up to the Elections Alberta Data Leak, and an opinion of the seriousness of this breach. I’ll share a highlight below. I would add that these amendments to how Elections Alberta operated came at a time when Justice Minister Mickey Amery may have been seen interfering with the active EA investigations upon Sam Mraiche and others in the Corrupt Care scandals.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-justice-minister-sam-mraiche-investigation/

https://archive.ph/bXXb9

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/381433/alberta-justice-minister-curtailed-election-regulator-when-sam-mraiche-was-under-investi

But outrage and disbelief at the civil servants who staff Elections Alberta is misplaced. In May of 2025, after the Liberal Party secured a minority Parliament, the UCP switched into full MAGA mode and started passing legislation that seemed geared to bring on a secession referendum. It also started tinkering in anti-democratic ways with the rules around elections. One example of this—amongst many—was Bill 54, which became the Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2025. It did three things of relevance to this discussion. The first was it set Elections Alberta’s investigative bar beyond that which common citizens’ complaints could reasonably expect to reach.

The response to Gerson is exhibit A. But it could very well be exhibit ZZZ. We know about Gerson’s complaint, because, well, she’s Jen Gerson. We don’t know how many other complaints have been concluded in the same way without investigation because Elections Alberta was unauthorized to investigate.

The second was to make it mandatory for Elections Alberta to inform anyone they were investigating that they were, in fact, investigating them. Combined with the first change, the effect was to cripple the agency by stripping investigators of the ability to conduct discreet inquiries, thus giving targets time to coordinate stories, pressure witnesses, or destroy evidence. A third change limited the length of time Elections Alberta had to investigate a complaint to a single year, down from three.

Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure warned at the time that this would make things difficult for the regulator. He argued that none of the significant investigations Elections Alberta had conducted over the previous five years would have concluded under the new authorities. He noted in documents sent to Justice Minister Mickey Amery that “we are not aware of any other jurisdiction in Canada that has imposed a similar standard to initiate investigations.” …

Online Chatter Draws An Alleged Connection Between Alberta Prosperty Project's Jeffrey Rath to Centurion

As Canadians will recall, Rath is noted to be a leader to the Alberta Prosperity Project. From The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell, “The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand”, provided an in-depth dive into Rath. From this article, Rath is mentioned giving an interview for Rachel Parker’s podcast:

On Dec. 24, Rath appeared on the Rachel Parker podcast to discuss a recent meeting — allegedly their third — between APP leaders and U.S. State Department officials in Washington, D.C.

“The meeting we had was very strange; we actually met in a SCIF of all things,” Rath told Parker, the wife of far-right influencer and Take Back Alberta leader David Parker, another secessionist.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/26/Wild-Claims-Jeff-Rath-Separatist-Firebrand/

I’ll point out that the recent news of the Elections Alberta data leak involves the Republican Party of Alberta, led by Cameron Davies, and Centurion, led by David Parker.

From Annie Dufour’s X post, keen eyed observers on X spotted Jeffrey Rath’s account publishing promotional material encouraging the Alberta Prosperity Project members to sign up for The Centurion Project as “super canvassers”.

https://x.com/anniedufour99/status/2050698630382670000?s=46&t=ioB_Y6LnyOXAq2Km8y-wkQ

I’ll include screenshots below to spare anyone the need to visit X.

If these separatist cluster of societies and/or companies are involved with the recent data leak, Canadians have a vested interest in recovering what data is out there, and to lock down this vector. Albertans have suffered immeasurable damage. We have to be able to mitigate or end the losses as soon as possible.

This cluster of entities are operating against Canadian democracy, and they no longer should enjoy the original functions that being societies or corporations offer. Their veils should be pierced immediately, and all their finances and operations should be traced.

An update on the Alberta Electoral List Scandal - and how you are affected

Mr Aaron Paquette, Edmonton City Councillor, has issued some remarks concerning the Alberta Electoral Data Leak. I include his remarks here from Reddit to spare anyone a visit.

But, the Councillor rightly points out that the Data Leak by the separatists expose a serious flaw in the Separatist Petition. Essentially, he identifies that the leaked data can lead to fraudulent entries, and that the current rules surrounding the UCP Petition system enables this potential fraud without recourse.

Paquette, and others, rightly point out that the Data Leak is extensive, exposing vulnerable persons or Persons of Interest.

For Elections Alberta’s part, their statement is also included below. EA suggests that they issued a warning to the government that changes in the legal standards of proof that EA was held to were increased to match those of the police as they investigate crimes committed to under the Criminal Code. EA would also rightly point out this change in standards did not come with a commensurate increase in funding for enforcement. As I’ve already noted on prior occasions, this only further confirms my opinion that the EA has been disarmed and unable to carry out its mission to protect Albertans from clear attacks upon Alberta’s electoral system, and Albertans in general.

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“WE WARNED YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN”

Folks, We have never seen anything like this in Canadian history.

This is an absolutely wild update on the Elections Alberta / Centurion Project /Alberta Republican Party scandal.

I’m sharing this very important information as it directly affects the residents of Ward Dene and the good people of the City of Edmonton.

First, the highlights - or table of contents - of what Elections Alberta are saying. I will expand on what it means right after:

The Government Gagged Elections Alberta, the “watchdog”

The “Fake Name” Trap

Your Name is NOT Protected from Forged Petitions

4-Day Court Ultimatum

Real People Are in Real Danger

Elections Alberta is Demanding Better Laws

Now for what this actually means for you:

The Government Gagged Elections Alberta, the “watchdog”

People have been asking why Elections Alberta seemed to sit in this and why they didn’t act faster. They say the current Alberta government passed a recent law (Bill 54) that essentially tied their hands.

Elections Alberta actually wrote to MLAs about a year ago, EXPLICITLY warning them that this new law would make it near impossible to investigate complaints.

To look into a breach, the law now requires YOU, the citizen, to basically hand them a fully solved investigation first. How is that even possible?

In order to o catch people leaking data, Elections Alberta hides fake, trackable “decoy” names inside the voter lists they hand out. Clever.

They are now heavily checking current petitions SPECIFICALLY the ones for Alberta Independence and for Coal Mining. If one of the fake names they planted is on the petition, it proves the stolen voter data was actively used to forge signatures. However, there is no guarantee any of the fake names were used.

This is EXTREMELY shocking. If your data was stolen and someone forged your signature on a petition, the current law makes it ILLEGAL for Elections Alberta to tell you. Even worse, the law AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN stops them from taking your name off that petition, even if you find out and explicitly demand to be removed.

The courts have issued a deadline. The groups that have been named responsible for this mess (The Centurion Project and the Republican Party of Alberta) have exactly four days to hand over the names and contact information of every single person who was given a copy of your data or was even allowed to look at it. So we will all be watching to see if they comply, but we will not know if they have handed over a full or complete or truthful list. I don’t recommend holding your breath on that, and I don’t know how that list will be verified for compete compliance.

As we have seen in the past, govt agencies tend to use fairly calm and bureaucratic language to downplay leaks.

My friends…not today.

Elections Alberta has flat-out admitted that exposing home addresses PUTS REAL LIVES AT RISK.

They are specifically calling out the danger this poses to domestic violence survivors, police officers, and marginalized folks.
As a side note, I have already been in touch with someone who has to move out of their currently home immediately due to this very real danger.

The Chief Electoral Officer is quite obviously fed up.

They are openly siding with the Privacy Commissioner and publicly demanding that the government create new laws immediately.

They want to close the glaring loophole that lets something like this happen. They want more oversight so they can protect your information.

They don’t seem to be willing to take the fall here for anybody.

• Here is the full text of the press release from Elections Alberta:

Message to Albertans from the Chief Electoral Officer re: Unauthorized Use of List of Electors

May 01, 2026

EDMONTON, AB – “We are hearing from hundreds of Albertans concerned about the impacts of the unauthorized use of the List of Electors by the Centurion Group Ltd.,” said Gordon McClure, Chief Electoral Officer. “People are unhappy, scared, and anxious about the situation. We have heard countless stories about the risks people face having their information made public, including stories from domestic violence survivors, law enforcement, marginalized communities, and more. We at Elections Alberta hear you, and share your concerns in a very real way. Our staff are among the 2.9 million Albertans who are on the List of Electors. We agree this is an extremely serious situation.

“We have been asked why Elections Alberta did not act sooner; who has the information and how it is being used; how to find out if you are on the list; what can be done to prevent a similar situation in the future, and the impact on citizen initiative petitions. This message contains the answers we are able to share at this time.”

Why did Elections Alberta not start an investigation sooner?

Elections Alberta is held to a very high standard on what we can and cannot investigate. The legislation requires that we must have “reasonable grounds to believe an offence has occurred” to start investigations. “Reasonable grounds” is a much higher standard than “grounds to warrant” (the previous standard in the legislation), or “what might seem obvious” based on a complainant’s suspicions or beliefs. This is similar to the amount of evidence that, in a criminal matter, police would need to arrest someone. Elections Alberta takes all complaints seriously, whether or not it is able to start an investigation.

Keep in mind, Elections Alberta is prohibited by law from commenting on any complaint or investigation that may or may not be happening.

A typical complaint progression looks like this:

• A complaint or information is received.

• A complaint or information may not provide the evidence needed. If it does not, we are not able to initiate an investigation.

• We will seek clarification from the complainant where possible.

• Where an investigation is not started, we hold the information and monitor the situation.

• As time progresses, if enough information to establish reasonable grounds is received, we start an investigation.

In the case of the unauthorized use of the List of Electors, as soon as we were able to share information on the injunction, and the data breach, we made two public statements, in the interests of the public, sharing as much information as we could.
I issued a cease and desist letter on April 28, 2026, sent representatives to ensure the database was not being accessed at a Centurion Group event on April 29, and had an emergency injunction issued by the Court of King’s Bench on the morning of April 30, 2026.

We are now working closely with law enforcement and other agencies on this matter, and are doing everything we can within the limits of the legislation.

Who has the information and how is it being used?

The Court Order directs the Centurion Project Ltd. and the Republican Party of Alberta to, within four days of the Order:

• Identify every person or entity the Centurion Project Ltd. and the Republican Party of Alberta have provided a copy of the List of Electors, or a portion of the List of Electors, and
• Identify every person or entity the Centurion Project Ltd. and the Republican Party of Alberta have permitted to access the information from the List of Electors or portion of the List of Electors, and
• Provide to the Chief Electoral Officer all contact information the Centurion Project Ltd. and the Republican Party of Alberta have for these people or entities.

In our news release yesterday, we highlighted details of the injunction obtained and served.

What steps can be taken to prevent a similar situation in the future?

As the legislation is currently written, Elections Alberta cannot prevent an unauthorized distribution or use of a List of Electors provided to a registered political party or other authorized entity. Elections Alberta may only ensure compliance with and enforcement of the legislation. Elections Alberta administers provincial electoral legislation in Alberta that is passed by the Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta does not write legislation.

On May 9, 2025, the Chief Electoral Officer wrote to all members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta outlining several concerns with Bill 54: Justice Statutes Amendment Act before it was passed. The Chief Electoral Officer’s letter included a specific section on “Changing the Threshold for Investigation to the Criminal Law Standard of “Reasonable Grounds””.

The letter warned that:

“[u]nder Bill 54, for an investigation to begin, the Election Commissioner will need to be satisfied that a breach of the Legislation has occurred, before they can speak to anyone about the allegation, or gather and review any records. Practically this means that the onus will fall on a complainant to provide a substantively completed investigation in order for the Election Commissioner to look into a matter.”

The letter went on to describe the potential impact on Albertans:

“The proposed changes will eliminate the majority of the compliance activities undertaken by the Election Commissioner and impact Albertans’ trust that the rules… are being followed.”

Elections Alberta can confirm that requiring “reasonable grounds” in Legislation has indeed impacted Albertans in this and other matters, as predicted in that letter.

In addition to the recommendations provided in its May 9, 2025, letter to the Legislative Assembly, Elections Alberta is preparing further recommendations for legislative changes that will strengthen our democratic system.

What is the impact on Citizen Initiative Petitions?

The Legislation prevents Elections Alberta from confirming or denying whether the name of a person who inquires is on a signature sheet for a Citizen Initiative petition. The Legislation also prevents Elections Alberta from removing the name of person at their request from a signature sheet for a Citizen Initiative petition.

Elections Alberta’s role is to validate and verify the petition signature sheets as they are delivered by the proponent or petition applicant.

Consequential amendments to the signature verification processes

The Chief Electoral Officer has directed that the Citizen Initiative petition verification process be amended. Verification after today’s date will include determining if any of the seeded names from the Republican Party of Alberta’s List of Electors are contained in any incoming petition. If any of the seeded names are included, further scrutiny will result.

This updated process will apply to “A Referendum Relating to Alberta Independence” petition, the “No New Coal Mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains” petition, and the two current recall petitions. The updated process will also apply to all petitions in the future.

The amendment is in addition to the existing steps that Elections Alberta takes to verify the petition signature sheets. Elections Alberta staff currently contacts a statistically valid random sample of electors whose signatures are on the petition to verify their information and signatures, using the contact information recorded on the petition signature sheets.

Final comments

Elections Alberta supports the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta’s April 30th statementregarding the need for legislation that protects the personal information of Albertans that is in the hands of registered political parties.
Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta responsible for administering provincial elections, by-elections, and referenda.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Michelle Gurney

Media Relations�

Phone: 403.431.0759

Email: [email protected]

SCOOP: Jen Gerson: Elections Alberta's massive failure could have put people in danger. I tried to warn them.

https://archive.ph/f7aCK

From Jen Gerson, Canadians learn more from the Alberta Electoral List data leak. Essentially, Elections Alberta was notified by Gerson of a potential leak of sensitive data as early as March 31, 2026. But, according to a response from Elections Alberta dated April 10, 2026, the complaint was not pursued.

I would note that given the severity of the leak, and my previous comments of how Elections Alberta has been disarmed by Danielle Smith’s UCP, news of Elections Alberta declining to act on a credible complaint and leaving sensitive data exposed for a month should raise alarms across the country.

As noted from the initial reporting, the Elections Alberta data was processed by third party. How much more data was gleaned about Albertans, and the products of research and analysis that resulted may never be fully known.

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/431201/alberta-separatist-group-ordered-to-pull-down-list-with-millions-of-voters-personal-info