The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has retracted its previous reporting that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had direct contact with Crown lawyers over cases related to the Coutts border-crossing protests and blockades.
In a July 5 editor’s note attached to the original CBC story of Jan. 19, the broadcasting corporation said it published a version of the story that discussed emails allegedly sent by a staffer in Ms. Smith’s office to the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service.
At the time, CBC described those emails as making Crown prosecutors feel “political pressure” about Coutts border cases before the courts, citing “confidential sources.” CBC added an editor’s note on Jan. 20, stating that CBC had not actually seen these emails….