Alberta’s premier has dismissed concerns that Preston Manning is using his COVID-19 review panel’s report for partisan purposes after a leaked email encouraged the federal Conservatives to use his findings in the next election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party.
“If the response of the Liberal/NDP coalition to the 2020-2023 COVID crisis should become an election issue in 2024, there may be some material in this report that could be used by the CPC [Conservative Party of Canada] to say ‘What should have been done to cope with the COVID crisis and what should be done to cope with future public emergencies’,” the email reads.
Premier Danielle Smith said she had no concerns about the email when questioned by reporters on Nov. 20.
“Preston Manning, as I understand it, sent that out from his own personal email, and so you can ask him about that,” Ms. Smith said during a press conference.
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