Northeast Calgary UCP MLA Devinder Toor is in big trouble with Elections Alberta..Toor captured the riding of Calgary-Falconridge for the UCP in 2019, but in a ruling released Wednesday, Elections Alberta said he broke 10 election financing rules in his nomination and election campaign resulting in $33,000 fines to him and associates..Elections Alberta has issued fines totalling $8,500 for actions in his 2018 nomination race for the riding and another $6,500 in fines for the election race the next year..In the nomination process, he was fined for a person other than CFO,accepting contributions, accepting a prohibited contribution from 2082146 Alberta Ltd. in the form of use of real property,.going over the expense limit, filing a false financial statement with the chief electoral officer and failing to deposit contributions into the account on record with the Chief Electoral Office..In the actual campaign for the seat, investigators found him guilty of accepting a prohibited contribution from 2082146 Alberta Ltd. in the form of the use of real property, exceeding the expense limit, filing a false financial statement with the Chief Electoral Officer, borrowing money from a party other than a financial institution and failing to deposit contributions into the account on record with the Chief Electoral Officer..Sahib Bhakri, Toor’s chief financial officer, was hit with $8,000 in fines for seven breaches, including failure to complete proper receipts and exceeding the expense limit..He was hit with another $6,000 in fines for actions in the campaign..2082146 Alberta Ltd. and current and former directors (Abhi Toor, Balmeet Toor, Devinder Toor) were fined $2,500 for making a prohibited contribution to the Devinder Toor Nomination Campaign..The numbered company was also fined $2,000 for breaches in the campaign..“Every complaint or allegation received by the election commissioner is reviewed to determine its basis and whether or not an investigation or some other recourse is warranted. As necessary, the election commissioner engages the services of contracted personnel to assist with the mandate and resolve matters in a thorough and timely manner,” Elections Alberta stated on it website..Toor won his seat in 2019, beating the NDP contender, Parmeet Singh Boparai, by only 91 votes. A judicial recount confirmed the ballot numbers..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
Northeast Calgary UCP MLA Devinder Toor is in big trouble with Elections Alberta..Toor captured the riding of Calgary-Falconridge for the UCP in 2019, but in a ruling released Wednesday, Elections Alberta said he broke 10 election financing rules in his nomination and election campaign resulting in $33,000 fines to him and associates..Elections Alberta has issued fines totalling $8,500 for actions in his 2018 nomination race for the riding and another $6,500 in fines for the election race the next year..In the nomination process, he was fined for a person other than CFO,accepting contributions, accepting a prohibited contribution from 2082146 Alberta Ltd. in the form of use of real property,.going over the expense limit, filing a false financial statement with the chief electoral officer and failing to deposit contributions into the account on record with the Chief Electoral Office..In the actual campaign for the seat, investigators found him guilty of accepting a prohibited contribution from 2082146 Alberta Ltd. in the form of the use of real property, exceeding the expense limit, filing a false financial statement with the Chief Electoral Officer, borrowing money from a party other than a financial institution and failing to deposit contributions into the account on record with the Chief Electoral Officer..Sahib Bhakri, Toor’s chief financial officer, was hit with $8,000 in fines for seven breaches, including failure to complete proper receipts and exceeding the expense limit..He was hit with another $6,000 in fines for actions in the campaign..2082146 Alberta Ltd. and current and former directors (Abhi Toor, Balmeet Toor, Devinder Toor) were fined $2,500 for making a prohibited contribution to the Devinder Toor Nomination Campaign..The numbered company was also fined $2,000 for breaches in the campaign..“Every complaint or allegation received by the election commissioner is reviewed to determine its basis and whether or not an investigation or some other recourse is warranted. As necessary, the election commissioner engages the services of contracted personnel to assist with the mandate and resolve matters in a thorough and timely manner,” Elections Alberta stated on it website..Toor won his seat in 2019, beating the NDP contender, Parmeet Singh Boparai, by only 91 votes. A judicial recount confirmed the ballot numbers..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
