Alberta justice minister fined for distracted driving, called police chief about ticket

Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu was fined for distracted driving and called Edmonton’s police chief to discuss the ticket, CBC News has learned. 

Madu was pulled over on March 10, 2021 and fined $300 for being on his cellphone in a school zone, according to the ticket, which CBC News has obtained. 

Soon after, the minister phoned Dale McFee, the city’s chief of police, and discussed the violation with him. 

“Minister Madu did contact me via the telephone concerned about a ticket. But just to be very, very clear, he never asked to get out of the ticket,” McFee told CBC News in