Premier's office calls for apology, retraction of CBC stories alleging contact with Crown prosecutors ableg abpoli
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“If we do not properly protect our confidential sources, potential sources will not trust us. This compromises our ability to expose abuses of power.” Earlier Wednesday, CBC reported that the premier pressured the province’s attorney general and his office to intervene in court cases related to COVID-19 and public health measures, citing multiple unnamed sources.Article contentClosure of Alphabet Inc.'s DeepMind shop in Edmonton shows Alberta at risk of losing out: NDP
It further claims that Smith and her staff had “several discussions” with Justice Minister Tyler Shandro and ministry officials “requesting an explanation of whatThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“After receiving a detailed legal opinion from the minister to not proceed with pursuing options for granting amnesty, the premier followed that legal advice.
The department noted that it has “no ability” to search personal email accounts, although any message sent from a personal email to a government address would have been captured in the search. During a prior radio broadcast, Smith went beyond that, saying she urged Shandro and his deputy attorney general to consider whether the cases were in the public interest and whether there was a reasonable chance of conviction before proceeding.New Democrat MLA Rakhi Pancholi renewed the Opposition’s calls Wednesday for a full, independent investigation by a third party and for the premier to take questions from reporters in person.
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