Elections Alberta has formally told Rebel News that our complaint against Thomas Lukaszuk's Forever Canadian group was investigated, that the Election Commissioner found speakers at its events took positions on the referendum question, and that the matter was resolved by the compliance agreement published September 29.

The Notice of Outcome is dated October 15. It arrived four days before the October 19 referendum, in the middle of advance voting.

The letter states it is the notice required under section 44.97(5) of the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act.

Here is what it confirms.

An investigation into Forever Canadian was opened on August 20, 2026. That is 27 days after our lawyer, Chad Williamson, filed a 241-page formal complaint on July 24.

The Commissioner reviewed multiple Forever Canadian events, and found that at some of them, a speaker promoted or opposed the referendum question. A Notice of Investigation was served on Forever Canadian.

The investigation was concluded by a compliance agreement dated September 29.

Under it, Forever Canadian must separate referendum advertising contributions from its other donations on its website. It must report the costs of its August 23 West Edmonton Mall town hall, its Unity Bus tour events from August 20 onward, and similar productions as referendum advertising expenses. And it must stay compliant through all of its referendum reporting.

That is the record. Now read it against what Elections Alberta told a judge.

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On September 22, at a case conference in the Court of King's Bench, Elections Alberta's lawyers argued our application was not urgent. They called it "hopeless," they called it "partisan." They said the Commissioner had a full year to act and could not tell Rebel News, or anyone, whether an investigation existed. Their proposed timetable had no hearing date on the merits at all.

The investigation had been open for 33 days when they said that.

To be fair to the regulator, the Act does bar the Commissioner from disclosing an open investigation, and the Act sets no deadline for deciding whether to open one. Elections Alberta's lawyers were describing the law accurately. But the same Act directs the Commissioner to finish investigations before election day where possible, and that is the point our lawyers Rebecca Elliott and Ken Johnston argued in court — a finding delivered in 2027 is worthless to a voter in October 2026.

We cannot prove the lawsuit is why the file moved. Investigations are confidential, and the Commissioner's letter does not say. What we can say is this: our complaint sat from July 24 to August 20. We sued on September 10 and Lukaszuk announced on September 21 that his campaign would "now" follow the rules it had been registered under since June 8. 

The compliance agreement is dated September 29. The Notice of Outcome came October 15. And Elections Alberta's own filing in court conceded an October 16 decision was possible.

That is the sequence the public record supports. Albertans can draw their own conclusions.

Forever Canadian reported $0.00 in contributions for 15 consecutive weeks while running a Unity Bus tour, offices in Calgary and Edmonton, tens of thousands of lawn signs and a free Jann Arden concert. Every pro-independence advertiser, including our own Alberta's Choice, reported every dollar, every week, to the penny.

Many Albertans complained to Elections Alberta about that, and Let Alberta Decide filed its own formal complaint three days before ours. But it was Rebel News that went to court.

The compliance agreement still leaves questions we intend to keep asking. Why August 20, and not June 8? Which events crossed the line? What was spent before August 20, and who paid for it? The agreement announces no fine and no offence.

But the central thing we sued for has now happened: a complaint tied to a vote, investigated and concluded before the vote, with the complainant told the outcome.

Every filing in this fight, including the Notice of Outcome, is public at StopTheCheaters.com.

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