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March 23, 2024

Former mayor alleges corruption in Chestermere

[Is this a message for Calgary, too? Does the name Ric McIver ring a bell, Calgary?]
This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel interviews former Chestermere Mayor Jeff Colvin and former city councillor Stephen Hanley. The two were dismissed, along with two other city councillors and three chief administrative officers, by Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver.

McIver has said the city was being governed in an improper, irregular and improvident manner. He has ordered a financial inspection of the city’s books and the city is currently being run by an interim administrator.

The dismissed mayor and councillor allege the province began investigating their council after they found irregular spending patterns in Chestermere’s books. They also say city staff deleted emails and weren’t forthcoming with requested information.

They are now seeking to have the case heard by the court.
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'Multiculturalism has failed': Rebel Roundtable reacts to JD Vance's jab at Canadian immigration

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DR MARK TROZZI MD NOV 24
Part 3 https://substack.com/home/post/p-177998878

In part three of this interview with Liz Gunn, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, MP Andrew Bridgen, and I explain how private interests captured medicine and governance, turning them into centralized systems of control. A private corporation, the Federation of State Medical Boards, quietly influenced licensing and discipline, pressuring regulators to punish doctors who questioned official narratives. We trace this back to the early 1900s when powerful foundations reshaped medicine through the Flexner Report, eliminating natural healing schools and replacing them with a pharmaceutical model tied to financial and political power. Today, regulators and governments serve global agendas rather than the public, rewarding obedience and punishing integrity. The path forward is decentralization: rebuilding medicine, governance, and community structures on truth, accountability, and the direct relationship between individuals and those who serve them.

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