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GordonBlue · 03-05-2026, 04:07 PM

no shock here. the UCP I believe would be courting interference, not trying to stop it.

Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ence-9.7114928

“Alberta is excessively vulnerable to American interference,” Jean-Christophe Boucher, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, told Radio-Canada.

Boucher, whose research focuses on foreign interference, is unequivocal: "If there were a referendum in Alberta, there would be no one within the Alberta government who could analyze and collect data to ensure that the conversation about the referendum is not being manipulated by foreign actors."

“Alberta is not ready at all. It’s almost completely unready,” adds Patrick Lennox, a former director of intelligence with the RCMP, now turned security consultant. “There is no capacity whatsoever to push back against that form of misinformation and disinformation that's going to happen.”

Given the length and the complexity of investigations related to foreign interference and online disinformation, Lennox believes that “the chances of somebody being investigated, arrested and charged during the period of a referendum campaign is zero.”

03-05-2026, 04:07 PM	#446
GordonBlue Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Alberta Exp:	no shock here. the UCP I believe would be courting interference, not trying to stop it. Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ence-9.7114928 “Alberta is excessively vulnerable to American interference,” Jean-Christophe Boucher, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, told Radio-Canada. Boucher, whose research focuses on foreign interference, is unequivocal: "If there were a referendum in Alberta, there would be no one within the Alberta government who could analyze and collect data to ensure that the conversation about the referendum is not being manipulated by foreign actors." “Alberta is not ready at all. It’s almost completely unready,” adds Patrick Lennox, a former director of intelligence with the RCMP, now turned security consultant. “There is no capacity whatsoever to push back against that form of misinformation and disinformation that's going to happen.” Given the length and the complexity of investigations related to foreign interference and online disinformation, Lennox believes that “the chances of somebody being investigated, arrested and charged during the period of a referendum campaign is zero.”