Alberta Premier Demands Action After Voter Data Breach

0:00It's May 1st. You're listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding legal accountability after a pro-separate's group exposed private info on nearly 3 million voters. The Centurion Project allegedly grabbed the province's voter list and posted it online as a searchable app with names and addresses. Earlier this week, details emerged in an Edmonton courtroom about how the group got the list, which was originally given to the Republican Party of, Alberta in 2025, elections, Alberta quickly got a court injunction and the site came down fast. Smith called it a serious potential data breach in her Friday statement, stressing that protecting Alberta's personal info is top priority. She's holding back more comments until investigations wrap up. Now the RCMP, Elections Alberta and the Privacy Commissioner, are digging in to figure out exactly how this happened. Voter lists only go to elected officials and parties, so questions swirl around that

1:01chain. The Privacy Commissioner, Diane McLeod, says it's time to update laws to cover political parties under the Main Privacy Act. As protests continue, this could spark real changes to safeguard voter data moving forward.