Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to a leaked telephone conversation she had with Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski in January 2022, reiterating that she has never spoken to anyone with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service.
Smith issued a news release before the recording was made public, stating, “Later today, in an effort to continue their campaign of defamatory attacks against me and my office staff, the CBC intends to release an article about a conversation I had with an individual named Artur Pawlowski.”
Pawlowski faced multiple charges during COVID lockdowns, and has a charge outstanding for criminal mischief in relation to a speech he gave at the Coutts border protest in January 2022. Pawlowski used an intermediary with past connections to Smith—former cardiac surgeon Dr. Dennis Modry, who stepped down as president of the Alberta Prosperity Project on Feb. 23, stating he planned to run for election under the UCP banner—to arrange the approximately 10-minute telephone call with the premier….