An independent probe into Alberta Health Services (AHS) has found no wrongdoing on the part of Premier Danielle Smith or government officials, but concludes that serious mismanagement at AHS led to potential conflicts of interest and a lack of transparency.
The investigation, conducted by former Manitoba chief judge Raymond Wyant, combed through more than two million documents and conducted dozens of interviews, with an Oct. 15 report concluding there was “no evidence” of wrongdoing by elected officials. Wyant also found that AHS breached its own policies in buying pain medication and contracting a private surgery facility.
“I am deeply disappointed with the way these procurements and contracts were dealt with by AHS decision makers and some of its employees,” Smith said in an Oct. 17 statement on Wyant’s findings. “AHS procurement of the children’s pain medication, and in the case of one of the surgical facility contracts, was not consistent with its own procurement policies.”…