{"id":238667,"date":"2026-05-03T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/mark-carney-calls-alleged-privacy-breach-in-alberta-deeply-concerning\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:00:28","slug":"mark-carney-calls-alleged-privacy-breach-in-alberta-deeply-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/mark-carney-calls-alleged-privacy-breach-in-alberta-deeply-concerning\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney calls alleged privacy breach in Alberta deeply concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Carney calls alleged privacy breach in Alberta deeply concerning<\/a><\/p>\n

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He said his office has advised the woman to contact police. She had to figure out how to break her lease agreement and find a new accommodation over the weekend, the councillor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you imagine the stress that this woman is going through,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a parent I feel extremely emotional about this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney called the alleged privacy breach deeply concerning in a weekend statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expect Elections Alberta and the RCMP to work thoroughly and expeditiously to assess the causes and to pursue appropriate actions against those responsible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must be constantly vigilant to protect the rights of Canadians and the integrity of our democratic processes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Elections Alberta announced it is investigating the Centurion Project after it published the list through an app.<\/p>\n

The app was taken down Thursday after Elections Alberta got a judge to grant an injunction ordering the group shut it down.<\/p>\n

The Centurion Project has since said it will comply with Elections Alberta\u2019s investigation, which, among other things, is looking look into how the group got a hold of the list.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for Elections Alberta told the injunction hearing that investigators determined the database matched a voter list legally provided to the Republican Party of Alberta, a pro-independence party, last summer. <\/p>\n

They said it was still unclear whether the party passed on the list to The Centurion Project or if the list had been obtained through other means.<\/p>\n

Such voter lists are only distributed by Elections Alberta to elected officials, political parties and party officials. Provincial law dictates that it can only be used to solicit donations, recruit party members and communicate with electors.<\/p>\n

Paquette said this massive privacy breach, like others, has serious consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny bad action is a bad action no matter how many times someone else has engaged in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2026.<\/p>\n

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