Ian Hussey

This is astounding.

It shows Albertans paid double - sometimes triple! - for surgeries at private surgical facilities connected to friends of the UCP than through AHS.

And the Premier’s staff & Health Minister allegedly pressured & then fired the CEO of AHS when she asked questions about them.

Braid: Fired health boss details alleged contract wrongdoing in $1.7-million lawsuit Athana Mentzelopoulos says improper dismissal was engineered by Alberta government as she investigated contracts for private surgeries.

Blockbuster lawsuit: Fired AHS boss details allegedly inflated surgery contract details, seeks $1.7 million, in one of the most explosive legal actions to hit the premier's office. Column. calgaryherald.com/news/ahs-ath... #ableg #abpoli #abnpoli #abhealth #yyc #yeg

Alberta ousted health services CEO amid probe into medical contracts, document alleges Athana Mentzelopoulos was dismissed two days before a meeting with province’s auditor on her investigation, according to letter

Dear Albertans,

Here's the original story from @carrietait.bsky.social on the allegations involving questionable contracts involving #Alberta private surgical facilities and other purchases at AHS. I am gifting this for those who are just learning of this.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/903019f...

Alberta Minister stripped health agency of power to negotiate private surgical contracts, document shows Letter alleges government eroded ex-CEO’s authority to negotiate deals

SCOOP: AB Health Minister Adriana LaGrange stripped Alberta Health Services of power to negotiate after its then-CEO allegedly refused to sign pricey deals
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #abpoli #ableg

Well look, suppressing pension data from FOIP requests is wrong, unless I'm the one doing it.

#ableg #abpoli

Alberta ousted health services CEO amid probe into medical contracts, document alleges Athana Mentzelopoulos was dismissed two days before a meeting with province’s auditor on her investigation, according to letter

SCOOP: Danielle Smith's government fired the head of Alberta Health Services two days before she was to meet with the Auditor-General to discuss her internal investigation into procurement contracts and deals for private surgical facilities. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #abpoli #ableg

The Centre for Future Work has partnered with the Alberta Fed of Labour on a new report about the continued erosion of real wages in Alberta: centreforfuturework.ca/2025/01/28/a.... Real wages elsewhere in 🇨🇦 are rebounding; but they fell another 0.8% in Alberta in 2024 #abpoli #canlab

Chief actuary disagrees with Alberta government belief of entitlement to more than half of CPP | CBC News Canada’s chief actuary says Alberta would be entitled to interest from the Canada Pension Plan proportional to the money Albertans invested, should the province withdraw from CPP.

Things that might slide under the radar the Friday night before Xmas — Canada’s chief actuary disagrees with the interpretation in an Alberta govt commissioned report that says Alberta should be entitled to 53 per cent of the CPP www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

#ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...