Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie is urging that the premier remove Health Minister Adriana LaGrange from her post during investigations into AHS and allegations of her interference.
Premier Danielle Smith, right, has assigned Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to restructure the health system, and has supported her amid calls for the minister to resign. A UCP cabinet minister is urging the premier to remove Health Minister Adriana LaGrange from her post while investigations continue into serious allegations a fired Alberta Health Services CEO has made about major health contracts, CBC News has learned.
Those claims reached the court this week, when she filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the government and AHS. The claims in the lawsuit have not been tested in court. Two other ministries have key roles in parts of the health system: Mental Health and Addictions, as well as Seniors and Community Supports.Asked about the memo, the premier signalled in a statement emailed Friday to CBC News that she won't heed Guthrie's call to shuffle LaGrange out.
"If any of the information obtained appears to be criminal in nature, all materials must be turned over to the RCMP immediately," Guthrie's letter states. Smith's statement also said she'll work with LaGrange and cabinet "to ensure that while these investigations are ongoing that we ensure there are no conflicts between these investigations and those who have been named in the accusations."Before Guthrie's demand went public, LaGrange had faced multiple calls to resign from the opposition NDP and groups including the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and Friends of Medicare.
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