Alberta ethics commissioner Marguerite Trussler has called in her counterpart from British Columbia to determine whether conflict-of-interest allegations against former premier Alison Redford related to the awarding of a tobacco-litigation contract need to be reinvestigated.

In a letter to Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley, Trussler said she knows two individuals directly involved in the case and did not wish to create the impression of bias.

British Columbia's Conflict of Interest Commissioner, Paul Fraser, will act on Trussler's behalf.

In a report released Monday, former justice Frank Iacobucci said it was "abundantly clear" that the former ethics commissioner Neil Wilkinson did not have access to all the relevant information when he investigated conflict-of-interest allegations against Redford.

While justice minister, Redford personally chose a legal consortium with which she shared close personal and political ties for a potentially lucrative tobacco-litigation contract.

Wilkinson conducted an investigation after a CBC News investigation revealed the links between Redford and the legal consortium, which included the Calgary law firm of her former husband, who also led her transition team when she became premier.

Wilkinson cleared Redford of the allegations.

But In November 2015, Ganley asked Iacobucci to review Wilkinson's investigation after a CBC News investigation revealed the selection process for the tobacco-litigation contract had been manipulated.

CBC News also showed — and Iacobucci's report confirmed — that the former ethics commissioner did not see many documents, including a draft briefing note that effectively eliminated the consortium eventually chosen by Redford.

Redford told CBC News she was never informed the consortium she chose was initially ranked last.

In her letter to Ganley, Trussler said she knows former justice assistant deputy minister Grant Sprague, who was directly involved in the selection process for the legal consortium.

She said she also knows David Phillip Jones, the outside lawyer who represented Sprague and other senior civil servants in the Wilkinson investigation.

It is not known when Fraser will deliver his decision.

The Opposition Wildrose have renewed calls for an RCMP criminal investigation into the case. The RCMP has refused to say whether it is investigating.