An Alberta legislature member is going on the attack against one of her own constituents.

Angela Pitt, the United Conservative party member for Airdrie-East, says the man behind a petition to try to get her removed from the legislature is abusing his job as a school principal in order to launch a politically motivated attack.

Pitt, in an open letter, says the petition launched by Derek Keenan raises concerns that the MLA recall process is being misused.

She believes it’s motivated by the Alberta government’s handling of a provincewide teachers strike last month.

Premier Danielle Smith’s government passed a bill ordering 51,000 teachers back to work while imposing a labour contract teachers previously rejected and using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield it from legal challenge.

Keenan has said the petition drive is not about the teacher dispute, but rather his feelings that Pitt isn’t responding to or acting on the concerns of constituents.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2025.

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press