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Smith tells him she can ask prosecutors if there is a reasonable likelihood of conviction and in the public interest to pursue COVID cases. She asks them almost weekly.
The premier says she didn’t understand she didn’t have the power of clemency like some leaders including the American president do have stateside, adding she isn’t a lawyer by training. When NDP leader Rachel Notley looks at the video she hits the roof, seeing political interference in the legal system, right there in black and white.She says if Smith doesn’t step up and fess up “we’re on the verge of a tinpot dictatorship.”
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