Alberta NDP Demands RCMP Investigation Into Premier, Citing Concluded Ethics Investigation

NDP Leader Rachel Notley gives her concession speech in Edmonton on May 29, 2023. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

EDMONTON—The day the newly elected cabinet of the Alberta government was sworn in, New Democrat Party (NDP) leader Rachel Notley and one of her Calgary MLAs sent a letter to the RCMP demanding an investigation into Premier Danielle Smith.

The letter, dated June 20, is addressed to RCMP K Division and uses a report from Alberta Ethics Commissioner Margaret Trussler as the basis for suggesting that the newly reelected premier made an “improper attempt to influence the independence of the legal system.”