Alberta

The UCP are deliberately attacking systems of government to keep Albertans fractured and occupied so they can rob it.

Michael Higgins: How do you feel about the recall petition targeting the premier, and her response?

Naheed Nenshi: It’s Christmas time and I want to be generous, but the hypocrisy there is off the charts. This is her legislation. Her government put forward this legislation. When it was used against Mayor Gondek in Calgary, (the premier) was an enthusiastic cheerleader for it.

Now it’s being used against all these UCP MLAs, so people are misusing it. She has compared grandmas going door to door in Bowness in Calgary with militants overthrowing her government. If in fact she believed recall should only be used in these extreme circumstances, she ought to have written the legislation that way. The legislation is very clear that anybody can launch a recall against any MLA.

The boundary for the number of signatures you need is very high. It’s incredibly flawed legislation, but it is the UCP’s legislation. For them to lash out against citizens using their legislation, I think is a bit rich.