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   We have it in BC.  Sometimes it doesn't work; sometimes it does.  But   
   voters need to know that someone that's abused their trust or gone   
   against the majority's wishes, can be removed from office.   
      
   The petition link is at the bottom of this article.   
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   EDMONTON — The Canadian Press ---  Saturday, Aug. 02 2014   
      
      
   Petition seeks recall law in Alberta following report on Redford   
      
      
   The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has launched an online petition for   
   recall legislation in Alberta in the wake of a report about former   
   premier Alison Redford’s alleged misuse of government aircraft.   
      
   Redford resigned as premier on March 23 amid caucus complaints about her   
   lavish spending, but she continues to sit in the legislature as the   
   representative for Calgary-Elbow.   
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   A CBC report earlier this week says a leaked review from Alberta’s   
   auditor general found that passenger lists on government aircraft were   
   altered so Redford could fly alone.   
      
   Redford denies any personal wrong-doing.   
      
   The taxpayers federation says if recall legislation is adopted in   
   Alberta, voters in Calgary-Elbow would have the right to recall Redford.   
      
   The federation says it encourages a model similar to legislation in   
   British Columbia where a byelection is held if at least 40 per cent of   
   eligible voters in a constituency sign their names to call for one.   
      
   â€œCitizens deserve the right to hold their elected officials accountable   
   more than once every four years,â€� the federation’s Alberta director,   
   Derek Fildebrandt, said in a news release.   
      
   â€œConsidering how former premier Redford has treated taxpayer’s money   
   with disrespect, yet remains the MLA for Calgary-Elbow, the CTF believes   
   that her constituents deserve the right to recall Redford if they so   
   choose.â€�   
      
   The federation says it is asking all three of the candidates vying to   
   replace Redford as the leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative   
   party to support the call for recall legislation.   
      
   Candidate Thomas Lukaszuk said he opposes recall legislation because he   
   feels that the threshold for a byelection of 40 per cent of eligible   
   voters could only be achieved by special interest groups with the   
   organizing ability and money to gather signatures.   
      
   â€œThe average citizen would never be able to spark a recall,â€� Lukaszuk said.   
      
   Candidates Jim Prentice and Ric McIver were contacted for their opinions   
   on recall legislation, but neither were available.   
      
   Lukaszuk said parliamentary legislatures already have all-party   
   committees which have the ability to discuss the removal of sitting   
   members. Members of the legislature could then vote on whether a member   
   should be removed, he said.   
      
   In the case of Redford, Lukaszuk said he would prefer to wait until the   
   province’s auditor general officially delivers the report into the use   
   of the government aircraft. He said if it alleges there was criminal   
   activity, the matter could then go to the RCMP.   
      
   Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition is already calling for an RCMP   
   investigation into the allegations contained in the leaked version of   
   the report.   
      
   The report has been promised by the auditor general’s office later this   
   month.   
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   PETITION:   
   https://www.taxpayer.com/resource-centre/petitions/petition?tpContentId=91   
      
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