Hallman told Canadaland that Singh approached the Wenzels, a prominent family in the Calgary real estate development business and well-known adversaries of Naheed Nenshi, for a contribution to the plan.An email in Wallace’s leaked communications — known as the Klondike Papers — shows that Edith Wenzel, co-owner of real estate development firm Shane Homes, and her son Shane, communicated with Singh about the plot.Edith Wenzel wrote to Singh that she met with Singh and her “unsavoury” friend three times, who she also referred to as Singh’s “dark acquaintance.” She wrote that although she found the “scheme” suspicious, she still contributed more money to the effort, as did her son Shane — in “an amount he couldn’t afford.” The price for the job, Wenzel was told, had now grown to $50,000.Wenzel pitched a plan to overhaul city council by targeting councilors loyal to Nenshi, and backing development-friendly candidates against them.After a recording of the meeting was leaked, Wenzel denied that the money was raised to “buy a council,” but instead intended to support the Manning Centre’s work in training candidates for all levels of government."