EDMONTON — The top civil servant at Alberta Justice says there are no formal rules stopping politicians from directly interfering in court prosecutions, but…
Frank Bosscha’s comments Tuesday to the legislature’s public accounts committee came amid questions surrounding Premier Danielle Smith’s involvement in COVID-19-related cases. The United Conservative Party government announced last week that Bosscha would leave his role as deputy minister to become a provincial court judge starting March 27.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The NDP is seeking a similar third-party probe to resolve allegations that Smith or one of her staffers interfered starting as early as last fall into prosecutions related to a blockade of the Coutts, Alta., border crossing in protest of COVID-19 public health measures in January 2022.Article content
“The method is: The minister is a contact, I am a second contact and then if there are questions they can be posed to the prosecution service.Article contentThe NDP has said Smith’s actions raise concern about the independent administration of justice and that there is precedent under the UCP for such a probe.
Asked by Sabir when the Justice Department became aware of the Madu call, Bosscha said: “It basically cropped up when it became public.”Article content
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