Alberta United Conservative Party MLA Leela Aheer’s former leadership campaign manager Sarah Biggs said Take Back Alberta (TBA) is not an advocacy group. .“It’s a cult,” said Biggs in a Monday tweet. .“A club.”.Biggs said everyone should be concerned and added she is. .She asked if Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will distance herself from TBA. That is to be determined. .Biggs made the comments after seeing an email from TBA Executive Director David John Parker saying he was going to change the structure of the organization. .“Therefore, we are going to start thinking of Take Back Alberta as a martial arts gym,” said Parker. .“There will be ‘belts’ or levels of accreditation based on an individual’s campaign training or experience.” .He said white belts will be people brand new to politics who have done less than three TBA campaigns. It said white belts will have a special Telegram group where they can share information and campaigning techniques. .Blue belts are people who have been involved in three or more TBA campaigns. There are about 25 blue belts. .There are no purple or brown belts. The black belts are Parker and TBA members Josiah Martinoski and Cam Davies. .“Up to this point, it has been purely based on campaigns; but as time goes on, there will not be time for me to do every single campaign that needs to be done,” he said. .Parker mocked Biggs for calling TBA a cult. .“I guess if you want to call citizens getting engaged in their society with no promise of reward besides more hard work a cult, then the definition of words don’t matter anymore,” he said. .About 100 people showed up to a TBA rally at the Southside Victory Church in Calgary in September. .READ MORE: Around 100 people attend Take Back Alberta rally in Calgary.“Take Back Alberta wants to take back more than the provincial government,” said Parker. .“We want to take back our school boards, municipalities, the college of physicians and surgeons, and destroy AHS (Alberta Health Services).” .DISCLAIMER: Take Back Alberta advertises with the Western Standard.
