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A second member of the Alberta legislature<\/a> is facing a citizen petition to recall her from her job.<\/p>\n Alberta\u2019s chief electoral officer Gordon McClure, speaking Monday to a legislature committee, said a recall campaign has been approved for United Conservative member Angela Pitt<\/a>.<\/p>\n McClure didn\u2019t say what reasoning was given by the applicant, but the person can start collecting signatures Wednesday. He said the applicant has until early February to gather just under 15,000 signatures from residents in the riding.<\/p>\n If the petition drive is successful and the signatures are validated, a vote would be held within four months in the Calgary-area riding and, if more than half the voters cast a ballot to remove Pitt, she would be unseated as a member of the legislature.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Pitt, who represents Airdrie-East, also serves as deputy Speaker of the legislature.<\/p>\n Pitt said in a statement she takes her role seriously and recalls shouldn\u2019t be approved just because people disagree with government policy.<\/p>\n \u201cRecalls are meant to address breaches of trust, serious misconduct or a sustained failure to represent constituents, not political disagreements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore on Politics It comes weeks after another recall petition was approved for Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides<\/a>, with the applicant alleging the minister is failing in his duties by undermining the public education system.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n Nicolaides has also said recalls shouldn\u2019t be used for political disagreements.<\/p>\n There have been rumblings that other members of the United Conservative Party caucus are targets for recall petitions. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally told reporters last week he was aware of more than a dozen campaigns.<\/p>\n Another potential target is Indigenous Relations Minister Rajan Sawhney, who faced an angry crowd that broke out into chants of \u201cRecall! Recall!\u201d at a recent constituency event.<\/p>\n Videos circulating online show Sawhney addressing the crowd and pointing out that several people are wearing red, a colour of support for Alberta teachers. The government invoked the notwithstanding clause in back-to-work legislation last week to end a provincewide teachers strike.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cI would ask for respect for me and my staff,\u201d Sawhney said, inciting a chorus of boos and shouts from the audience.<\/p>\n \u201cRespect the teachers!\u201d yelled one person in response.<\/p>\n McClure didn\u2019t mention other recall applications to the committee on Monday. But he did ask for an additional $13.5 million in budget funding, as he said verifying these petitions and other potential referendum initiatives requires additional staff and resources.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is worth mentioning the recall process and verification activity coincides with the two citizen initiative verification processes,\u201d McClure said.<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n
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