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Alberta government may be surveilling nonprofits province-wide using SCAN Act
The Ministry of Public Safety, working to prevent the release of files related to surveillance of nonprofit organizations by government police, has admitted that it holds 300 pages of records related to investigations of nonprofits across the province.
Unprecedented, "coordinated hit" by Alberta government used snitch law to spy on Turning Point Society
The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act allows any citizen to trigger an investigation of a neighbour for drugs on the property. Since its adoption across Canada two decades ago, the snitch legislation has never been used to attack a nonprofit agency – until now.
Alberta is pressuring provinces on involuntary treatment – but some are pushing back
A conservative provincial government is writing off Alberta's Compassion Intervention Act as a violation of disability rights, favouring community-based treatment over residential rehab. However, a trip out west last June shows its evolving interest in privatized inpatient facilities.
Centre of Recovery Excellence attempts to conceal Research Review Council
The Research Review Council formed in early 2025 with government authors of a recent fraudulent study on supervised consumption services. But, when asked for records of the council's authorized projects, the Centre of Recovery Excellence inexplicably denies its existence.