Contracts, conflicts of interest and municipal accountability, from Edmonton to Empress.
Government records show that when the board Satpal Singh Parhar once chaired announced him as Alberta’s first Chief of Police on July 2, no code of conduct was in force to prevent a conflict of interest in appointing its own former chairman.
An advertisement from a federally licensed immigration consultant suggesting that foreign police officers from any country could immigrate to Alberta to police Albertans has sparked public outrage.
Danielle Smith’s government silently went along with the fact that the Independent Agency Police Service Oversight Board, tasked with finding the most qualified Albertan to lead the new provincial police force, chose its own chairman, Satpal Singh Parhar, for the job.
On July 2, 2025, Premier Danielle Smith appointed Satpal Singh Parhar (a.k.a. Sat Parhar) as the inaugural chief of Alberta’s new provincial police force—despite what critics call a “tainted past.”
Jasraj Singh Hallan, the Conservative MP for Calgary Forest Lawn and the current Shadow Minister of Finance, is facing scrutiny over conflicting claims about his educational background.
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