Prosecution pressures

West of Centre

Editor’s Note: This segment mentions a January 19, 2023 web story that has been updated. As detailed in the Editor’s Note accompanying that story, CBC could not substantiate the content of emails referenced here or confirm their existence. Read the full Editor’s Note here.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-premier-office-emails-prosecutors-coutts-1.6719743 Premier Danielle Smith is facing new controversy over just how involved she’s been in Alberta’s justice system. Host Kathleen Petty discusses the fallout, the implications and what it all says about political interference in the judicial system with the Toronto Star’s Alberta national reporter Alex Boyd, Lisa Young, a political scientist from the University of Calgary, and lawyer and professor Peter Sankoff.