Emma McIntosh

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A ‘jaw-dropper’ poll showed surging support for an Alberta separatist party. Turns out the polling firm and the party weren’t so separate

A ‘jaw-dropper’ poll showed surging support for an Alberta separatist party. Turns out the polling firm and the party weren’t so separate

After a chaotic summer in Alberta — during which separatist sentiment either trended upwards or was hugely overblown, depending on who you asked — a new poll offered an answer. The survey, published by fledgling polling firm Cardinal Research last month, showed 11 per cent of decided voters throwing their support behind the Republican Party of Alberta. It appeared to...

Ontario Greenbelt’s controversial ‘Mr. X’ is banned from lobbying for two years

Ontario Greenbelt’s controversial ‘Mr. X’ is banned from lobbying for two years

John Mutton — the Greenbelt lobbyist known as “Mr. X” — has been banned from lobbying government for two years. Mutton, a former mayor of Clarington, gained notoriety when integrity commissioner J. David Wake dubbed him “Mr. X” in a 2023 report on the $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal.