Privacy Commissioner Investigates Land Deal Documents

0:00It's April 30th. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. Alberta's Privacy Commissioner is launching an inquiry into why the government's Stonewalled a Freedom of Information Request for Documents on A. Suspicious land deal last year. Post media asked for records back in February 2024 about a numbered company snapping up a 26,000 square foot property at one. 44th Street and 124 Avenue, then flipping it to the province just 12 weeks later in June 2024 for $300,000 more. The twist? Healthcare entrepreneur Sam Marayesh signed off on the sale for that company. Alberta Infrastructure refused to hand over the files, claiming they were part of an auditor general probe, but post-media pointed out that. Investigation didn't even start until August, months after the request. Reactions poured in. Quick. It broke the story in February 2025, prompting then Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie to order an internal review.

1:02He got booted from his party caucus two months later over gripes about procurement secrecy. The company insisted it was a standard real estate play pitched by Infrastructure itself, while Marayesh's lawyers stayed silent on the dispute. Now Commissioner Diane McLeod notified both sides on April 14th that the inquiries underway to check if the government broke its own info laws. These dates drop soon, so we'll see if those docs finally see daylight and what shadows they reveal.