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Third-party advertiser Take Back Alberta fined more than $100K by Elections Alberta

Elections Alberta has fined Take Back Alberta and its founder, David Parker, over $120,000 for political financing violations.
The fines include circumventing spending limits, accepting contributions from outside Alberta and Canada, and making false statements in financial reports.
Parker stated he will fight the penalties but has not decided how yet.
Take Back Alberta is required to report donations and donor names as a registered third-party advertiser.

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Take Back Alberta fined more than $100K by Elections Alberta

Take Back Alberta, a third-party advertiser, has been fined more than $100,000 by Elections Alberta for violations ranging from breaking fundraising rules to improper bookkeeping.

2 months ago·Toronto, Canada

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Activist group Take Back Alberta and founder fined $120K by elections agency

Influential pro-UCP group found to have violated multiple political finance rules. But leader David Parker insists its activities shouldn't count as political advertising.

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Third-party advertiser Take Back Alberta fined more than $100K by Elections Alberta

Take Back Alberta, the third-party advertiser that made headlines for its role in the high-profile ouster of former premier Jason Kenney, has been fined more than $100,000 by Elections Alberta. The body that oversees provincial election spending and voting rules has fined Take Back Alberta, and its founder David Parker, for a range of violations […]

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Elections Alberta has fined the conservative activist group Take Back Alberta and founder David Parker more $120,000 for political financing violations. The fines, disclosed on the election agency’s website Tuesday, are for more than a dozen violations of Alberta’s election finance law, including circumventing spending limits, accepting contributions from outside Alberta and Canada, and knowingly making false statements in a financial report to …

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