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Recall Petition Approved for 3rd Alberta Legislature Member
The petition against Nolan Dyck follows two other United Conservative Party members, requiring about 9,500 valid signatures to trigger a recall vote within three months.
- On Friday, Elections Alberta approved a signature-collecting campaign targeting first-term Grande Prairie MLA Nolan Dyck, marking the third recall application against a United Conservative Party caucus member.
- Motivated by policy, the petition cites Dyck's support for the notwithstanding clause to end the provincewide teachers' strike last month and claims he ignored constituents, Casey Klein wrote, "He has consistently followed the UCP party line instead of representing our community's concerns."
- Casey Klein wrote `He has consistently followed the UCP party line instead of representing our community's concerns` and said `Our community needs an MLA who listens and engages respectfully with their constituents`.
- The approval kick-starts a three-month signature-collection period; Klein has until the middle of February to gather just under 9,500 signatures to trigger a recall vote.
- Amid a surge of citizen initiatives, Premier Danielle Smith said her government may amend the recall act, stating, `I would say that the spirit of the law is not being lived up to.
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Nolan Dyck, third member of Alberta premier's caucus, faces recall petition drive
EDMONTON — A third member of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus is officially the target of a petition to get him recalled from his job as a member of the legislature. Elections Alberta said in a news release Friday it has approved a signature-collecting campaign against first-term Grande Prairie legislature member Nolan Dyck. […]
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