Episode 8.61 - Calgary Controversy with Councillor Landon Johnston! (Part 1)

It's a weird intersection of provincial and municipal politics on this 2 part episode of The Breakdown!

Landon Johnston was elected to Calgary city council in 2025, but that came on the heels of him getting his first exposure to notoriety with the campaign to recall then Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek in 2024. Since then, whether it's been calling for the lifting of water bottle bans, arguing for limiting municipal low income supports to "citizens" only, he's been no stranger to controversy. But in September of this year, two particularly striking scandals came to a boil. The first was a leak of confidential documents and the second is an apparent conflict of interest stemming from an overlap of Johnston's office and Danielle Smith's recent trips to Nashville. In part one of this two part episode, we take a look at Landon's leaking of confidential preliminary budget documents, the resulting complaint from the city to the provincial government and the provincial governments claims that there was nothing they could do because the UCP deleted the code of conduct! If you can support our legal defence fund in fighting back against the $6 million lawsuit filed by Sam Mraiche, the man responsible for importing Vanch masks and Turkish Tylenol, as well as hosting MLA’s and Ministers in his skybox for government business, please consider donating at www.savethebreakdownab.ca. As always, if you enjoy the content we create at The Breakdown, please consider becoming a monthly supporter on our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab. We’ve also added e-transfers to our payment options at [email protected]. For our new merchandise, visit www.thebreakdownabmerch.com and to show off your Canadian pride, visit www.CanadaProudDad.ca with all proceeds from those sales going to harm reduction and to support vulnerable trans youth. If you’re listening to our podcast, please leave us a review and rating. Don’t forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Threads! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli