Opinion: Have I, as Alberta Premier, interfered in the administration of justice? I couldn’t possibly comment

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Have I, as Alberta Premier, interfered in the administration of justice? I couldn’t possibly comment

. It was supposed to be a conversation between fellow party leaders – comparing notes, shooting the breeze, you know, just one right-wing populist who has trouble with basic legal concepts to another.

I don’t know where people get this idea that premiers can just snap their fingers and make a case go away, unless it was from my many public statements while campaigningto those charged with COVID-related offences. But when I told Mr. Pawlowski I was “sympathetic” to his plight, when I asked him, “Can you just leave this with me and I will make that request one more time?” that should not be taken to mean that somehow I was willing to get him off the hook on the charges just because he and I held similar political views.

 

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acoyne Tip of the iceberg if she is elected. Alberta and Canada will never recover from this.

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