On the call, Smith is heard telling Pawlowski the charges against him are politically motivated while offering to make inquiries on his behalf and report back to him. The call was leaked to the Opposition NDP, which played it for reporters more than a week ago. Smith reiterated that she did nothing irregular on the 11-minute call, which took place in early January concerning, Pawlowski's looming trial related to the COVID-19 border protest at Coutts, Alta., in early 2022. The policy is what it has always been, that the Crown prosecutors and the judicial system operate independently,” Smith told reporters in Brooks, Alta., a city in her constituency of Brooks-Medicine Hat. Smith, asked Thursday whether her phone call to Calgary street pastor Artur Pawlowski represents a change in government policy, replied that the long-standing firewall separating politicians and the justice system remains in place. Premier Danielle Smith says members of the Alberta legislature, including cabinet ministers, are not free to talk to accused people about their criminal court cases but her call to a man facing charges was OK.

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