Review into Premier Danielle Smith’s staff e-mails would not have captured messages deleted more than 30 days prior

Time-limited retention policy for deleted e-mails means the internal review, which critics have already painted as insufficient, would not have captured any e-mails deleted more than a month ago

prosecutors about cases related to last year’s blockade of the U.S. border near Coutts. Ms. Smith has denied the allegations and on Wednesday issued a statement that described the CBC report as “defamatory” and demanded an apology, though she did not threaten legal action.

Charles Mainville, a spokesman for Alberta Justice, on Wednesday confirmed the search had the potential to miss deleted e-mails. Alberta’s justice department on Monday said the search, conducted Jan. 20 to 22, covered “almost a million incoming, outgoing, and deleted e-mails.” It also said the review “searched for any e-mails sent to or received by the relevant prosecutors and staff in the premier’s office over a four-month period.” It declared the review “comprehensive” and said it uncovered “no evidence of e-mail contact.

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