The organization’s leader is refusing to provide the group’s donor list, calls the investigation a ‘fishing expedition’
David Parker, founder of Take Back Alberta, speaks to a small audience in the basement of Deer Run Community Centre in Calgary on April 24, 2023.But David Parker, leader of Take Back Alberta, which is a registered third-party advertiser, is accusing the independent, non-partisan elections office of corruption and said its investigation is a “fishing expedition.”
TBA was co-founded by Mr. Parker in 2021 in response to anger over COVID-19 restrictions implemented under then-premier Jason Kenney. The group has since transformed into awithin the UCP with critics arguing Mr. Parker has the ear of Ms. Smith, who attended his wedding last year. At leastMr. Parker was notified last November of the investigation by Elections Alberta in relation to the “activities and financial filings” of TBA.
Mr. Parker on Friday said he was questioned by investigators for more than two hours and that both he and Elections Alberta had legal counsel present. She said all third-party advertisers are subject to reporting requirements. An advertising contribution is any money, real property, goods, or services provided to or for the benefit of the third party for the purpose of advertising without returned compensation to the contributor, Ms. Bell noted. Money paid from a third party’s own funds for election or political advertising must also be reported as contributions.
The Elections Alberta website shows it has yet to receive the TBA’s 2023 financial statements, which Mr. Parker said is because he won’t “obey orders from a corrupt organization.” Take Back Alberta reported zero donations and zero expenditures as an election TPA for 2023.
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