Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

2023 - 3 - 29

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How Damaging Is the Danielle Smith Recording? | The Tyee (TheTyee.ca)

While Alberta's NDP demands an investigation, the 'explosive' video won't dislodge UCP voters, says an expert.

“You need to let the prosecution proceed, independent of the political process and interference. “We have these conventions in our system,” Smith concluded to Pawlowski. Conacher was a harsh critic of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his involvement in the 2018 SNC-Lavalin scandal. “You can’t be doing that.” You are trying to preempt a prosecution. University of Alberta political scientist Jared Wesley said this latest revelation is unlikely to change how committed United Conservative Party voters, particularly in the province’s critical rural ridings, will vote in the May provincial election. “This is not a winning issue for them. You should be doing nothing,” Havelock said. At a news conference Wednesday, NDP justice critic Irfan Sabir again called for an independent investigation into allegations of interference by Smith and her staff. The verdict is expected in early May. The phone conversation occurred sometime in early January. But Smith stressed to Pawlowski that in those conversations with justice officials she had to be careful only to question whether there was a reasonable likelihood of conviction for the pandemic-related prosecutions and whether it was in the public interest to carry out the prosecutions.

'Leave this with me': tape leaked of Alberta premier on call with ... (National Observer)

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in a leaked cellphone call, commiserated with a COVID-19 protester about his trial while divulging to him there was an ...

Smith has said she talked to prosecutors directly and did not talk to prosecutors directly. Over the last few months, Smith has delivered multiple versions of what she said to justice officials about COVID-19 court cases. Allegations to the contrary are defamatory and will be dealt with accordingly.” "Rob Anderson has been doing most of my work with Justice in pushing this along." “I’m beginning to see some signs (of that). “I doubt very much that this is being driven by the minister," Smith said. The trial is in three weeks,” Pawlowski tells Smith. The charges relate to last year's blockade at the Canada-United States border crossing at [Coutts](https://www.nationalobserver.com/tags/Coutts)., Alta., over COVID-19 health rules. They didn’t prosecute it the next day. Smith stressed to Pawlowski that she couldn't offer clemency, that prosecutors are independent and that she is restricted to reminding them all cases must be winnable and in the public interest. “I’m watching to see evidence that (prosecutors) are going to come to this judgment that many of these cases are unwinnable and not in the public interest. “What the premier is admitting here is she has been trying to get these people off in some way, and she has been calling Crown prosecutors.

Danielle Smith did not interfere in Alberta's justice process, deputy ... (CTV Toronto)

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has yet to answer direct questions about a growing scandal of her alleged interference with the justice system, ...

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'Leave this with me': Alberta premier Danielle Smith heard on call ... (iPolitics.ca)

Smith also said she was reminding prosecutors “almost weekly” about her concerns over pursuing such case.

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