Alberta's UCP Redraws Electoral Map, Opposition Cries Foul

0:00It's April 16th. Welcome to Calgary News today, powered by AI. Alberta's government just shot down the new electoral map, proposed by an independent commission three weeks back, kicking off a rushed redo, led by. Their own committee was zero public input required. The motion drops today in the legislature, bumping the province up to 91 writings from the current 87, adding four more seats to. Match population growth, that's exploded over 20 percent since the last tweak. That original commission report highlighted how seats only grew 2 percent, while folks multiplied way faster, but a minority descend from two. Government picks got slammed. So now a UCP heavy MLA committee takes charge, picking an elite panel of judges, retired judges, or top university. Presidents to redraw everything. This new squad has till October 22nd to deliver, sticking close to the 25 percent population variance rule, factoring in, communities, geography, and travel links, while restoring two

1:03writings that were on the chop lock. Opposition boss, Nahid Nenshi's firing back hard, calling it straight up gerrymandering to lock in UCP power ahead of the 2027. Election, ditching independent work for a controlled do-over that skips voter voices entirely.