Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office lashed out against the CBC on Wednesday, calling the news outlet's recent reportage regarding the provincial government 'defamatory.'
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office lashed out against the CBC on Wednesday, calling the news outlet's recent reportage regarding the provincial government "defamatory."
Despite denials from Smith's office and the Crown prosecutor's office, CBC Calgary reported a Smith staffer challenged prosecutors via email on cases related to the Coutts border blockade and protests. Following the reportage of the CBC, the Justice Department said in a statement civil servants spent a weekend reviewing roughly one million incoming, outgoing and deleted emails spanning a four-month period and found no record of contact between Smith's office and prosecutors.Wednesday, the CBC reported Smith pressured the attorney general to intervene in cases, citing multiple anonymous sources.Also Wednesday, the Office of the Premier fired back.
"The premier calls on the CBC to retract its outrageous story and, further, that the CBC and the Official Opposition apologize to the premier, Premier's Office staff, Alberta Crown prosecutors and those in the Alberta Public Service, for the damage caused to their reputations and that of Alberta's justice system."
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