The ethics commissioner has found that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith contravened a section of the Conflicts of Interest Act in her conversation with Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro, in relation to criminal charges faced by Calgary street pastor Artur Pawlowski following a speech he gave at the Coutts border protest in 2022.
However, the report by Alberta Ethics Commissioner Marguerite Trussler, released on May 18, found there was no evidence that Smith or any staff in the premier’s office contacted prosecutors, or tried to influence Coutts and COVID-related criminal prosecutions, as CBC News had alleged in a series of articles earlier this year.
