Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi’s official campaign agent’s company signed an agreement with the City of Edmonton to create one of Canada’s first industrial scale waste-to-energy facilities, the Western Standard has learned.

The City of Edmonton and Varme Energy reached an agreement in January that will enable green electricity and industrial heat generation while diverting about 150,000 tonnes of residential garbage per year effective 2027. While Varme reached this agreement, no one acknowledged the ties CEO Sean Collins had to Sohi.

“This is a major milestone toward the development of this new facility and an enormous step forward for waste diversion and climate change mitigation in Canada,” said Collins in a press release.