May 7, 2026
Gordon McClure, Chief Electoral Officer
Elections Alberta
Suite 100, 11510 Kingsway NW
Edmonton, AB T5G 2Y5
The Board of Directors of Calgary Pride writes to you with urgency and with deep concern on behalf of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community we serve. The unauthorized distribution of Alberta’s voter list by the Centurion Project, a separatist organization with documented hostility toward marginalized communities, is not an abstract privacy breach. For gender-diverse Albertans, 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates, and their allies, it represents a direct threat to personal safety.
We understand that Elections Alberta acted swiftly to obtain a court injunction, and we acknowledge that effort. However, we are deeply troubled by several facts that have since come to light. A journalist alerted Elections Alberta to this breach on March 31, 2026, weeks before any action was taken. During that interval, more than 2.9 million Albertans’ personal information, including names, addresses, postal codes, and electoral identifiers, remained accessible to a political organization that has demonstrated its willingness to misuse it. For members of our community who are not yet out, whose safety depends on where they live remaining private, and who face real risk of targeted harassment or violence, that window of inaction was not a bureaucratic delay. It was a danger.
Experts have confirmed that once this data is out, it cannot be fully recovered. Copies may exist with actors beyond the Centurion Project. The injunction closes one door; it does not close all of them. We are not reassured.
Calgary Pride and the undersigned formally requests the following:
- Full transparency. A public accounting of the complete timeline, including when Elections Alberta was first alerted and what legislative constraints prevented earlier action, and what changes will be made to ensure those constraints do not delay response in future breaches.
- Accountability. That Elections Alberta, the RCMP, and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner pursue this investigation to its full conclusion, including accountability for every party in the chain of distribution, not only the Centurion Project.
- Targeted harm assessment. That Elections Alberta and the provincial government formally acknowledge the elevated risk this breach poses to vulnerable populations, including 2SLGBTQIA+ Albertans, and that community organizations serving those populations be consulted in the remediation process.
- Systemic reform. That Elections Alberta immediately review and strengthen the security protocols governing access to the List of Electors, including active monitoring of how party recipients handle the data, and that these reforms be made public.
We are not writing to assign blame for what has already happened. We are writing because what happens next will define whether the democratic institutions of this province deserve the trust of all Albertans, including those who have historically had the most reason to distrust them. The 2SLGBTQIA+ community did not receive equal protection under the law by accident. We earned it through advocacy, through visibility, and through refusing to be invisible when it mattered.
We ask Elections Alberta to demonstrate that it takes the safety of every Albertan, not just the majority, with the full seriousness this moment demands. We request a written response within 14 business days and are prepared to meet with your office to discuss our concerns directly.
Respectfully submitted,
Calgary Pride
Rainbow Elders Calgary
Airdrie Pride Society
Banff Pride Society
Bow Valley Pride Network
Canmore Pride Society
Wood Buffalo Pride
Imperial Sovereign Court of the Chinook Arch
TransAction Alberta
Queer Citizens United
