Further, as Attorney General & Solicitor General of Alberta, you have an *independent* role as the chief law officer of the govt. You should NOT be commenting on & interfering with an ongoing policy investigation by a police force under your control. This is shameful & unethical. https://twitter.com/dave_khan/status/1321839206767886336

“The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Executive Council. The responsibilities stemming from this role are unlike those of any other Cabinet member. The role has been referred to as "judicial-like" & as "guardian of the public interest".”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“It is now an accepted and important constitutional principle that the Attorney General must carry out the Minister's criminal prosecution responsibilities independent of Cabinet and of any partisan political pressures.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“The Attorney General's responsibility for individual criminal prosecutions must be undertaken—& seen to be undertaken—on strictly objective & legal criteria, free of any political considerations. Whether to initiate or stay a criminal proceeding is not an issue of govt policy.”

“This responsibility has been characterized as a matter of the Attorney General acting as the Queen's Attorney—not as a Minister of the government of the day.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“The sub judicae rule bars any comment on a matter before the courts that is likely to influence the matter...& strictly prohibits the Attorney General from commenting on prosecutions that are before the courts.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“Given the stature of the Attorney General's position, any public comment coming from the office would be seen as an attempt to influence the case.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“Although the AG can become involved in decision-making in relation to individual criminal cases, such a practice would leave the Minister vulnerable to accusations of political interference.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“Accordingly, it is traditional to leave the day-to-day decision-making in the hands of the Attorney General's agents, the Crown Attorneys, except in cases of exceptional importance where the public would expect the Attorney General to be briefed.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/ag/agrole.php

“The Attorney General has unique responsibilities to the Crown, the courts...there is a general theme throughout all the various aspects of the AG’s responsibilities that the office has a constitutional & traditional responsibility beyond that of a political minister”

And as Solicitor General in charge of the police, @KayceeMaduYEG, you should read this:

“The constitutional conventions respecting the relationship between the Attorney General & the police... relies on two complementary principles of independence”

https://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/ps/publications/attorney_general_prosecution_function.htm

“The police enjoy independence from political control or control by the Attorney General in the investigation of individual cases & the AG enjoys independence from the police in the prosecution function.”

https://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/ps/publications/attorney_general_prosecution_function.htm

“Simply put, the police investigate and the Attorney General prosecutes; the police lay charges and the Crown decides whether to continue the prosecution.”

https://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/ps/publications/attorney_general_prosecution_function.htm