'It was a mistake': UCP Leader Smith acknowledges ethics violation but doesn't apologize
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After the Alberta leaders debate Thursday night, a reporter asked Danielle Smith if she's sorry for breaking the province's Conflicts of Interest Act. The UCP leader did not offer an apology.
After the Alberta leaders debate Thursday night, a reporter asked Danielle Smith if she's sorry for breaking the province's Conflicts of Interest Act.
The UCP leader did not offer an apology.
"It was a mistake. I'm not a perfect person. People know that. I thought I was going about it the right way, the ethics commissioner said I did it the wrong way," Smith responded.
Smith had just gone face to face with NDP Leader Rachel Notley live on TV, 11 days ahead of a provincial vote.
The show aired just hours after ethics commissioner Marguerite Trussler publicly announced Smith broke ethics rules during a Jan. 6 conversation she had with her justice minister regarding a COVID-19 case against a controversial Calgary pastor.
"Speaking to an Attorney General about a specific ongoing criminal case, in the way that Premier Smith did on the call with Minister Shandro, is not acceptable," Trussler wrote.
"In the whole scheme of things, it is a threat to democracy to interfere with the administration of justice."
