Family seeking $1.3M owed by Alberta separatist leader Dennis Modry after court order

Relatives of a prominent Alberta separatist who recently met with U.S. officials are upset that he has failed to pay back more than $1.3 million that a judge found he misappropriated from elderly relatives.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled in March 2025 that Dennis Modry, co-founder and former CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project, misappropriated the money from the joint bank account of his aunt and uncle who suffered from Alzheimer’s and dementia, respectively, and ordered him to pay the money back with interest.

Verna Holmes, who filed the civil suit against Modry, told CBC News he has not paid back any money, despite the court order.

“You go through all of that and then for what? He still gets away with it,” Holmes said.