Alberta Health Services (AHS) has paused incoming contracts with parties involved in a controversial review of surgical services. The move follows explosive accusations of government interference and sweetheart deals for private clinics, prompting calls for resignations from the province's top health officials.
RELATED VIDEO: Alberta Health Services is pausing incoming contracts of any parties at the centre of a controversial review. The move follows explosive accusations that have called the UCP's governance into question. Morgan Black has more.An Alberta surgical company named in allegations that government officials interfered to offer up sweetheart deals for private clinics is calling the claims false.
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has called for Premier Danielle Smith, Health Minister Adriana LaGrange and her deputy minister to resign while investigators get to the bottom of the scandal. MacEwan University political science professor Chaldeans Mensah said the buck stops with the top boss and that means Smith needs to respond to the situation — albeit, carefully, given the ongoing investigations.
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