charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Independent investigative journalist in Edmonton, Alberta. Ex Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, CBC. Contact in confidence at [email protected]
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5/ Krista and also @charlesrusnell.bsky.social pushed that reporting forward while I tracked Indigenous procurement programs. By fall, that resulted in two key stories: Krista’s investigation into federal contracts tinyurl.com/3tkt5fpj & my piece on Indigenous claims tinyurl.com/3e8ee99k
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It's common knowledge that MLAs don't only sit in the legislature. The point is that Alberta's legislature sits fewer days than others. Alberta MLAs also once got paid for a committee that never met, as exposed by my former investigative partner Karen Kleiss. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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The fact that the legislature sits only about two months total a year.
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It is normal, including federally. Friday is when MLAs, MPs, Senators travel home for the weekend.
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It is his employer. It's a charity run by a board and they employ Carpay as its president, and pay him $160K+ a year.
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Here's the inside.
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It is clearly not working. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Not according to the latest poll. Check out the CBC story. Nenshi and the NDP are going backwards while Smith and the UCP are moving up
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I’m on it. Big decision so it coukd be a few weeks or even months
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Done
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This is a great column. Amazing observational writing by Shannon Proudfoot.
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Tomorrow morning at 11