Take Back Alberta fined more than $100K by Elections Alberta

Take Back Alberta, the third-party advertiser that made headlines for its relation successful the high-profile party-vote ouster of erstwhile premier Jason Kenney, has been fined much than $100,000 by Elections Alberta.

The assemblage that oversees provincial predetermination spending and voting rules has fined the radical and its founder, David Parker, for violations ranging from breaking fundraising rules to improper bookkeeping.

The 7 fines totalling $112,500 against Take Back Alberta see accepting contributions from extracurricular Alberta and Canada and circumventing predetermination advertizing spending limits. Parker is being fined $7,500, including for knowingly making mendacious statements connected fiscal reports.

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Jonathan Heidebrecht, listed by Elections Alberta arsenic the main fiscal officer, is being fined $500 for knowingly making a mendacious statement.

Billing itself arsenic a grassroots governmental movement, Take Back Alberta supported the United Conservative Party enactment bid of Premier Danielle Smith, though Smith has since publically distanced herself from the group.