Alberta Askew! Data Leaks and Pipeline Freaks
5/13/202639 min
Inside the scoop that launched the Alberta data breach into the headlines.
How independent media broke the story of the Alberta separatists' access to voter information.
Plus, Danielle Smith visits Carney and makes progress on the Alberta MOU. Can Smith leverage separatism to get a pipeline?
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Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Jeremy Appel
Further reading:
- SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list - The Orchard [Substack]
- SCOOP: Jen Gerson: Elections Alberta's massive failure could have put people in danger. I tried to warn them. - The Line [Substack]
- Opinion | I went home to the heartland of Alberta independence. Even after covering Donald Trump for 10 years, I was still terrified by what I found - Toronto Star
- Danielle Smith says working out differences with feds key to quelling Alberta separatism | CBC News
- Bell: Danielle Smith claims win after high-stakes sit-down with Carney | Calgary Herald
- Former human rights chief launches defamation lawsuit against Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman | CBC News
- Editors’ Note: May 2, 2026 - New York Times
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First 90 secondsNour Azrieh· Host0:00
[whistles] Canadaland, funded by you. [upbeat music] I'm Nour Azrieh. Today, we're talking shit about the news. We'll talk about AI hallucinations published in The New York Times, we'll talk about a legal battle between Melissa Lantsman, Ezra Levant, CJA, and a Trudeau appointee, but mostly we'll talk about Danielle Smith and her separatists, a match made with pipelines.
Danielle Smith· Soundbite0:38
We just see things a little bit differently in, uh, in Alberta.
Nour Azrieh· Host0:41
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