Alberta premier rejects Opposition claims UCP interfering on electoral boundaries

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting Opposition accusations that her United Conservatives are pulling the strings behind the scenes to rejig election ridings in their favour.

Smith dismissed the allegations put forward by Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi during question period.

The back and forth comes as the house is set to vote this week on revisiting a panel report on how the ridings should be redrawn ahead of the 2027 election.

Smith says they are revisiting the process after the panel report chairman suggested adding more seats would make it more fair for rural voters — but the NDP says the UCP is using that as a smokescreen.