Verna Holmes, who filed the civil suit against Modry, told CBC News he has not paid back any money, despite the court order. Modry told CBC News he should have kept better records of his transactions, but maintains that Fred supported his investments. (Elise Stolte/CBC)Long history in Alberta politicsModry co-founded the Alberta Prosperity Project in 2022, a group pushing for Alberta to leave Canada and become independent. Before the Alberta Prosperity Project, Modry was also in the news in 2020 as a critic of COVID-19 restrictions. The Alberta Prosperity Project did not respond to CBC News’s requests for comment.
