Political scientist weighs in on Alberta government’s decision to fire election commissioner
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Alberta’s United Conservative government is firing the province’s election commissioner, but says it’s not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Mount Royal University political science professor Duane Bratt believes the move is “designed to end the investigation of the UCP leadership race in 2017.”