Wright Was Wrong, Medicine Hat’s Least-Qualified Sidekick Steps On a Rake

Wright Was Wrong: MLA’s RCMP Horror Story Falls Apart Under Scrutiny

Justin Wright, Cypress–Medicine Hat’s MLA who still refuses to answer media questions, is back in the spotlight — and not for good reasons. Wright delivered a dramatic story in the Alberta Legislature on November 5, claiming the RCMP took 36 hours to respond to a suspicious vehicle call, only to find a dead body beside it.

It sounded like the kind of grim, cinematic tale meant to scare rural voters into believing policing is collapsing.

There’s just one problem: it wasn’t true.

RCMP: “That didn’t happen.”

We dug into the claim — and the RCMP quickly debunked it. The call was handled normally. The officer had to wait to reconnect with the caller, but when they did, they responded the same morning. No 36-hour delay. No dead body. No crisis.
Wright’s response to being caught spreading false information?

Nothing. Just silence. Classic.

For a man who spent years as a middle-of-the-pack Future Shop supervisor, you’d think he’d remember Rule #1 of customer service: when you screw up, own it. Instead, he’s treating the public like someone trying to return a broken printer without a receipt — dodge, delay, deny.

Even Cypress County says he misrepresented them

The reeve’s letter Wright claims he was quoting?
Cypress County later clarified that public safety was never the issue. Their biggest concern is skyrocketing provincial police-funding costs — not officer response times.

In other words: even the county he claimed to defend isn’t backing his story.

Wright’s silence is becoming a pattern

Wright never responds to media inquiries. Never clarifies. Never corrects the record.

He’s like a malfunctioning self-checkout machine — loudly insisting there’s an “unexpected item in the bagging area” while contributing absolutely nothing of value.

And the timing couldn’t be worse. Operation Total Recall is already circling, activists are targeting MLAs across the province, and Wright has become one of the easiest targets:
a legislator who keeps stepping on rakes and then refuses to explain the bruise.

The sidekick who wasn’t invited to Saudi Arabia

Let’s be honest: Wright isn’t a policy heavyweight. He’s not a strategist. He’s not even a reliable messenger. He’s Danielle Smith’s sidekick, but not the cool kind — more like the guy who gets left behind to water the plants while the Premier and her favourites jet off to Saudi Arabia.

If you can’t trust him to get a simple policing story right, why would anyone trust him with legislation? Budgets? Rural priorities?

Bottom line: facts matter — even if your MLA doesn’t

Wright’s false statements aren’t harmless. They mislead rural residents into believing the RCMP is failing them. They inflame tensions. They distort public policy debates.

And when an MLA lies in the Legislature — then refuses to correct the record — it erodes trust in every level of the democratic process.

As Robert Wanner wrote in his open letter to Wright:

“Innocent people can be slandered with no redress available to them.”

Wright had an opportunity to show leadership, integrity, and maturity.
Instead, he acted like how you’d expect a geeksquad nerd to swindle grandma into buying the 3-year extended warranty on her ink cartridges.
A Future Shop supervisor who thinks raising his voice is the same thing as being right.

This time, it’s clear:
Wright was wrong.