CBC Retracts Reporting That AB Premier Had Direct Contact With Prosecutors Over Coutts Cases

‘I’ve been vindicated, as has my office,' Says Smith

Alberta United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith holds a news conference during the provincial election in Calgary on May 24, 2023. The Canadian Press/Todd Korol

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.