1/8 🚨ALBERTA UCP STEERED HEALTH CONTRACTS🚨 Despite claims that procurement issues were "all internal to AHS," documents show Alberta government maintained significant control over health agency's contracting decisions for years. #CorruptCare #HealthCare #ABpoli #Procurement #ABhealth #ABleg - ThreadSky

electricbluesfan.bsky.social • 10 hours ago

1/8 🚨ALBERTA UCP STEERED HEALTH CONTRACTS🚨

Despite claims that procurement issues were "all internal to AHS," documents show Alberta government maintained significant control over health agency's contracting decisions for years.
#CorruptCare #HealthCare #ABpoli #Procurement #ABhealth #ABleg

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electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

8/8 The RCMP, auditor general and the government itself have launched investigations into AHS contracting in the wake of allegations made by former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos, including those in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

Based on report by Jason Markusoff:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-health-contracting-private-surgery-danielle-smith-ahs-adriana-lagrange-1.7483084

electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

7/8 After Smith became premier, involvement continued.

A November 2022 internal AHS report on Red Deer surgical centre bids included "Informing Health Contracting Secretariat" as a required step before selecting a developer.
#ABpoli #ABhealth #Privatization #ABleg #CorruptCare

electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

6/8 Documents show frequent ministerial interventions, with "minister requests" directing contract opportunities, cost comparisons, and feasibility studies.

Former AHS executive Dr. Braden Manns calls Smith's claim that procurement is internal to AHS "absolutely false."
#ABpoli #ABleg #ABhealth

electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

5/8 Government influence predates current leadership.

The UCP created a "Health Contracting Secretariat" in 2020 to "advise on innovative procurement approaches" with private providers, overseen by ministry and AHS officials on a steering committee.
#ABpoli #ABhealth #Procurement #CorruptCare

electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

4/8 The October directive also allowed the health ministry to "direct and lead any negotiations" regarding chartered surgical facilities.

By December, the ministry took over all "due diligence" for proposed centres in Lethbridge and Red Deer.
#ABleg #ABpoli #ABhealth #Procurement #CorruptCare

electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

3/8 Four months before Smith's statement, Health Minister LaGrange issued a directive ordering AHS to extend a contract with a private surgery clinic, specifying surgery volumes and prices—up to $10,500 per knee or shoulder procedure.
#ABleg #CorruptCare #Privatization #ABpoli #ABhealth

electricbluesfan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

2/8 Premier Danielle Smith insisted in February: "This is all internal to AHS. They were the ones who drafted the directives... received the bids... chose the proponent." But evidence contradicts this narrative of arms-length procurement.
#CorruptCare #HealthCare #Procurement #ABpoli #ABheslth

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