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CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #UCP #SamMraiche #CarrieTait #DavidWallace #JamesDiFiore #SandyEdmonstone #BryanWard #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #SamJaber #DougWylie #AuditorGeneral
#EthicalFading
#comment
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/athana-mentzelopoulos-ahs-lawsuit-9.7166738
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/404229/former-ahs-ceo-wants-podcasters-held-in-contempt-for-harassment-campaign-cbc-news -
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #UCP #SamMraiche #CarrieTait #DavidWallace #JamesDiFiore #SandyEdmonstone #BryanWard #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #SamJaber #DougWylie #AuditorGeneral
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 132
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/athana-mentzelopoulos-ahs-lawsuit-9.7166738
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/404229/former-ahs-ceo-wants-podcasters-held-in-contempt-for-harassment-campaign-cbc-news -
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #UCP #SamMraiche #CarrieTait #DavidWallace #JamesDiFiore #SandyEdmonstone #BryanWard #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #SamJaber #DougWylie #AuditorGeneral
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 132
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/athana-mentzelopoulos-ahs-lawsuit-9.7166738
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/404229/former-ahs-ceo-wants-podcasters-held-in-contempt-for-harassment-campaign-cbc-news -
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #UCP #SamMraiche #CarrieTait #DavidWallace #JamesDiFiore #SandyEdmonstone #BryanWard #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #SamJaber #DougWylie #AuditorGeneral
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 132
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/athana-mentzelopoulos-ahs-lawsuit-9.7166738
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/404229/former-ahs-ceo-wants-podcasters-held-in-contempt-for-harassment-campaign-cbc-news -
Former AHS CEO wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign | CBC News
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
Edmonstone has also applied to cite lawyer Ward for contempt alongside Wallace and DiFiore. When the Anton Piller order was executed at the homes of both podcasters, each said that Ward was representing them, according to court records.
Ward told authorities executing the Piller order that “his firm had retained Wallace and DiFiore on behalf of a ‘third party’ client,” court records state, but that client is not identified.
It appears that Ward and Park Law are involved with “directing or facilitating the campaign directed at Mr. Edmonstone,” the contempt application against Ward alleges.
The application argues that intimidating a prospective witness, “whether carried out personally or through the direction, instruction, or facilitation of others,” amounts to contempt of court.
Ward did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
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Former AHS CEO wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign | CBC News
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
Edmonstone has also applied to cite lawyer Ward for contempt alongside Wallace and DiFiore. When the Anton Piller order was executed at the homes of both podcasters, each said that Ward was representing them, according to court records.
Ward told authorities executing the Piller order that “his firm had retained Wallace and DiFiore on behalf of a ‘third party’ client,” court records state, but that client is not identified.
It appears that Ward and Park Law are involved with “directing or facilitating the campaign directed at Mr. Edmonstone,” the contempt application against Ward alleges.
The application argues that intimidating a prospective witness, “whether carried out personally or through the direction, instruction, or facilitation of others,” amounts to contempt of court.
Ward did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
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Former AHS CEO wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign | CBC News
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
Edmonstone has also applied to cite lawyer Ward for contempt alongside Wallace and DiFiore. When the Anton Piller order was executed at the homes of both podcasters, each said that Ward was representing them, according to court records.
Ward told authorities executing the Piller order that “his firm had retained Wallace and DiFiore on behalf of a ‘third party’ client,” court records state, but that client is not identified.
It appears that Ward and Park Law are involved with “directing or facilitating the campaign directed at Mr. Edmonstone,” the contempt application against Ward alleges.
The application argues that intimidating a prospective witness, “whether carried out personally or through the direction, instruction, or facilitation of others,” amounts to contempt of court.
Ward did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
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Former AHS CEO wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign | CBC News
CBC’s Jason Markusoff and Joel Dryden follow up on the Alberta CorruptCare scandal. Here, CorruptCare continues to broil as two podcasters return to court for allegations that they carried out a campaign of harassment and intimidation of former AHS CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, and former AHS board member, Sandy Edmonstone. The article discusses how Edmonstone noted the similarities between the harassment he experienced, and the allegations of harassment that Globe and Mail reporter, Carrie Tait, experienced.
Edmonstone learned that “the phone number that had been associated with the photos taken of him also was associated with an anonymous X account that had posted the photos of Tait.”
CorruptCare watchers will find interesting that Bryan Ward, a lawyer associated with Quixotic capitalist, Sam Mraiche, is the subject of a contempt application. Bryan Ward being another person of interest in the other court case involving the UCP Recovery Centres, the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, and others.
Edmonstone has also applied to cite lawyer Ward for contempt alongside Wallace and DiFiore. When the Anton Piller order was executed at the homes of both podcasters, each said that Ward was representing them, according to court records.
Ward told authorities executing the Piller order that “his firm had retained Wallace and DiFiore on behalf of a ‘third party’ client,” court records state, but that client is not identified.
It appears that Ward and Park Law are involved with “directing or facilitating the campaign directed at Mr. Edmonstone,” the contempt application against Ward alleges.
The application argues that intimidating a prospective witness, “whether carried out personally or through the direction, instruction, or facilitation of others,” amounts to contempt of court.
Ward did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
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Former AHS CEO wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign | CBC News
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The Tyee's Brett Mckay brings us “The UCP Tried to Kill a Health Story with Claims That Didn’t Stand Up”
The UCP and the AB GOV clearly captured the healthcare system, and have politicized the administration of healthcare in Alberta. If the Alberta Premier’s office or the UCP have a problem with a news story, they now write from multiple letterheads. If there’s fall out, they can hide behind multiple offices. When Albertans cannot trust the data about how healthcare is delivered, it’s called Propaganda.
Healthcare is a public good, and should not be subject to oppression or suppression from the government. Otherwise Canadians will have no reliable measure of how healthcare is delivered, the effectiveness of projects or initiatives, or whether we are in fact in the midst of a crisis. Rather than an emphasis on service, the UCP healthcare system seems to focus on obedience.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #DanielleSmith #UCP
#EthicalFading
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The UCP Tried to Kill a Health Story with Claims That Didn’t Stand Up | The Tyee
The Alberta government was quick to react when an Investigative Journalism Foundation investigation revealed that the amount of overtime worked by paramedics in Edmonton had increased by 81 per cent between 2021 and 2024.
The report was republished by several media outlets across Canada last summer through the Local Journalism Initiative.
Staff from Premier Danielle Smith’s office and the Ministry of Hospital and Surgical Health Services immediately began messaging reporters and editors, claiming that data had been omitted and asking that the story be rewritten or deleted. At least one news outlet complied with the government’s request.
But after filing multiple access to information requests, the IJF found that information cited in emails from the premier’s staff doesn’t line up with data from the province’s own health agencies.
That’s a serious problem, said Lorian Hardcastle, a professor in the faculties of law and medicine at the University of Calgary.
“In many cases, government is the only one with access to particular data,” she said. “And so it’s essential to government accountability to democracy for them to be honest and open and transparent with that data.”
“Where that data is false, or where that data is misleading or is manipulated in a way to make it seem more favourable, all of that is really problematic,” Hardcastle said. “And it takes away the ability of the public to hold the government’s feet to the fire to make improvements.” Inaccurate data also makes it harder for those working in the system to make needed changes, she said.
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#AHS #AmericanHorrorStory #Season13 Brings Back #COVEN and #MURDERHOUSE?! #FirstLook at #Sarah #Paulson and.#JessicaLange
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#AHS #AmericanHorrorStory #Season13 Brings Back #COVEN and #MURDERHOUSE?! #FirstLook at #Sarah #Paulson and.#JessicaLange
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The Globe’s Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait bring the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, further confirming that Elections Alberta was disarmed from its role to protect the integrity of the electoral system of Alberta. But, with even more concern, Alberta’s Justice Minister appears unable to identify the conflicts of interest that arise where he is alleged to have an existing relationship with the central figure of the Corrupt Care contracts, Sam Mraiche.
Justice Minister Amery, a lawyer himself, claims he had no knowledge that Elections Alberta was investigating his “old friend”, Sam Mraiche. And, perhaps some grace can be afforded the Minister that no one from Elections Alberta sat with him to say there was such an investigation. But, given the Minister’s position, his networks within the UCP, his alleged relationship with Sam Mraiche, and Sam Mraiche’s own ties to other agents of government, Canadians are left wondering why credibility is so thin here.
The article goes on to share a time line of events for when the Elections Alberta investigation began, to when Justice Minister Amery introduced his amendments to further disarm Elections Alberta, and how these amendments coincidentally worked in Sam Mraiche’s favour.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #MickeyAmery #UCP
#EthicalFading
#comment
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-justice-minister-sam-mraiche-investigation/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/381433/alberta-justice-minister-curtailed-election-regulator-when-sam-mraiche-was-under-investi -
Alberta Justice Minister curtailed election regulator when Sam Mraiche was under investigation
The Globe’s Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait bring the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, further confirming that Elections Alberta was disarmed from its role to protect the integrity of the electoral system of Alberta. But, with even more concern, Alberta’s Justice Minister appears unable to identify the conflicts of interest that arise where he is alleged to have an existing relationship with the central figure of the Corrupt Care contracts, Sam Mraiche.
Justice Minister Amery, a lawyer himself, claims he had no knowledge that Elections Alberta was investigating his “old friend”, Sam Mraiche. And, perhaps some grace can be afforded the Minister that no one from Elections Alberta sat with him to say there was such an investigation. But, given the Minister’s position, his networks within the UCP, his alleged relationship with Sam Mraiche, and Sam Mraiche’s own ties to other agents of government, Canadians are left wondering why credibility is so thin here.
The article goes on to share a time line of events for when the Elections Alberta investigation began, to when Justice Minister Amery introduced his amendments to further disarm Elections Alberta, and how these amendments coincidentally worked in Sam Mraiche’s favour.
Of interest, there are 6 names that stood out for Elections Alberta due to their lack of cooperation. Elections Alberta then applied for these individuals, and Mraiche, to be held in contempt. The day after Justice Minister Mickey Amery’s amendments were introduced, their lawyer wrote to Elections Alberta that they considered the issue concluded. Canadians have to start wondering if these individuals were waiting the clock, and what exactly informed them of the time left?
Also, with how sophisticated some of the targets of investigation are for Elections Alberta, I ask why should they be restricted to 1 year? Here in Canada, people can be charged for crime with no time limit. When the Justice System itself acknowledges its racism, and actively tries to mitigate it, why then should White Collar criminals be treated with such privilege?
Six people whose names are listed – Ali Haymour, Houssam Ismail, Kamal Mansour, Khawla Al-Tamimi, Majida Kiki and Salim Kherbatly – were found in contempt by an Alberta court in July after Elections Alberta said they had not made themselves available for an interview related to an investigation. Court records for their and Mr. Mraiche’s contempt cases show that both matters concerned a straw-donor investigation launched on April 30, 2024, and shared the same internal Elections Alberta case file number.
Documents filed in the six individuals’ cases show that on May 16 – the day after Mr. Amery’s changes passed in the legislature – their lawyer, George Samia, wrote to Elections Alberta to point out the new time limit.
“Given that the events under investigation occurred more than one year ago, and considering the legislative intent to enforce a one-year limitation period, we submit that the window for investigation into this matter has closed and the investigation has been rendered moot,” he said. “Therefore, our Clients will not be submitting to any further questioning or investigations related to this case.” Mr. Samia did not respond to a request for comment.
The six individuals each agreed to pay the elections authority $1,445 in early January as part of their contempt cases, court records show. They have received no penalty related to the alleged illegal donations, according to Elections Alberta’s website. -
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
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https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/25/Unpaid-Subcontractors-Recovery-Centres/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347861/unpaid-subcontractors-for-recovery-centres-say-ucp-abandoned-them -
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 129
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/25/Unpaid-Subcontractors-Recovery-Centres/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347861/unpaid-subcontractors-for-recovery-centres-say-ucp-abandoned-them -
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 129
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/25/Unpaid-Subcontractors-Recovery-Centres/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347861/unpaid-subcontractors-for-recovery-centres-say-ucp-abandoned-them -
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 129
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/25/Unpaid-Subcontractors-Recovery-Centres/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347861/unpaid-subcontractors-for-recovery-centres-say-ucp-abandoned-them -
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 129
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/25/Unpaid-Subcontractors-Recovery-Centres/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347861/unpaid-subcontractors-for-recovery-centres-say-ucp-abandoned-them -
Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
Subcontractors, who have not been paid for months, are blaming the government of Premier Danielle Smith for first failing to provide oversight on more than $100 million of taxpayers’ money and then failing to help resolve the impasse as they struggle to survive.
“This will probably bankrupt us if I don’t get paid,” said one Edmonton subcontractor who hasn’t been paid in more than two months. “I’m about a million dollars out so that is a pretty heavy hit.”
Another Edmonton subcontractor told The Tyee she has been owed more than $500,000 since July 2025.
“This shows to me that the government doesn’t have our back, that we can’t trust the government.
“We can’t trust them with our taxpayers’ money. We can’t trust them on a government-funded project.”
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“Nobody told us anything, and we were just told, ‘Don’t worry, you will get paid,’” said the Métis Nation subcontractor.
“So we kept working. The only reason we finally went off site is because we weren’t believing the bullshit anymore.”
She said it wasn’t until she read The Tyee story that she understood what was going on.
“When I read it, then it became crystal clear to me what the problems were. I was like, ‘OK that is why we haven’t been paid.’ And I was thinking, ‘That is why everyone has been stonewalling me and not telling the truth.’
“None of us subtrades would have known any of this unless we had read your article.”
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Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
Subcontractors, who have not been paid for months, are blaming the government of Premier Danielle Smith for first failing to provide oversight on more than $100 million of taxpayers’ money and then failing to help resolve the impasse as they struggle to survive.
“This will probably bankrupt us if I don’t get paid,” said one Edmonton subcontractor who hasn’t been paid in more than two months. “I’m about a million dollars out so that is a pretty heavy hit.”
Another Edmonton subcontractor told The Tyee she has been owed more than $500,000 since July 2025.
“This shows to me that the government doesn’t have our back, that we can’t trust the government.
“We can’t trust them with our taxpayers’ money. We can’t trust them on a government-funded project.”
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“Nobody told us anything, and we were just told, ‘Don’t worry, you will get paid,’” said the Métis Nation subcontractor.
“So we kept working. The only reason we finally went off site is because we weren’t believing the bullshit anymore.”
She said it wasn’t until she read The Tyee story that she understood what was going on.
“When I read it, then it became crystal clear to me what the problems were. I was like, ‘OK that is why we haven’t been paid.’ And I was thinking, ‘That is why everyone has been stonewalling me and not telling the truth.’
“None of us subtrades would have known any of this unless we had read your article.”
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Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
Subcontractors, who have not been paid for months, are blaming the government of Premier Danielle Smith for first failing to provide oversight on more than $100 million of taxpayers’ money and then failing to help resolve the impasse as they struggle to survive.
“This will probably bankrupt us if I don’t get paid,” said one Edmonton subcontractor who hasn’t been paid in more than two months. “I’m about a million dollars out so that is a pretty heavy hit.”
Another Edmonton subcontractor told The Tyee she has been owed more than $500,000 since July 2025.
“This shows to me that the government doesn’t have our back, that we can’t trust the government.
“We can’t trust them with our taxpayers’ money. We can’t trust them on a government-funded project.”
…
“Nobody told us anything, and we were just told, ‘Don’t worry, you will get paid,’” said the Métis Nation subcontractor.
“So we kept working. The only reason we finally went off site is because we weren’t believing the bullshit anymore.”
She said it wasn’t until she read The Tyee story that she understood what was going on.
“When I read it, then it became crystal clear to me what the problems were. I was like, ‘OK that is why we haven’t been paid.’ And I was thinking, ‘That is why everyone has been stonewalling me and not telling the truth.’
“None of us subtrades would have known any of this unless we had read your article.”
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Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell follows up on the fallout from CorruptCare’s expansion into the Recovery Centres.
Subcontractors, who have not been paid for months, are blaming the government of Premier Danielle Smith for first failing to provide oversight on more than $100 million of taxpayers’ money and then failing to help resolve the impasse as they struggle to survive.
“This will probably bankrupt us if I don’t get paid,” said one Edmonton subcontractor who hasn’t been paid in more than two months. “I’m about a million dollars out so that is a pretty heavy hit.”
Another Edmonton subcontractor told The Tyee she has been owed more than $500,000 since July 2025.
“This shows to me that the government doesn’t have our back, that we can’t trust the government.
“We can’t trust them with our taxpayers’ money. We can’t trust them on a government-funded project.”
…
“Nobody told us anything, and we were just told, ‘Don’t worry, you will get paid,’” said the Métis Nation subcontractor.
“So we kept working. The only reason we finally went off site is because we weren’t believing the bullshit anymore.”
She said it wasn’t until she read The Tyee story that she understood what was going on.
“When I read it, then it became crystal clear to me what the problems were. I was like, ‘OK that is why we haven’t been paid.’ And I was thinking, ‘That is why everyone has been stonewalling me and not telling the truth.’
“None of us subtrades would have known any of this unless we had read your article.”
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Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them
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Canadians may be witnessing one of the greatest corruption scandals to rock a province in generations. From the mind boggling dollar figures, to the depth of the group alleged behind the corruption, the scandal touches every man, woman, and child of Alberta.
CorruptCare originally referred to allegations of a cluster of procurement contracts involving AHS and a number of UCP members in relation to Tylenot, bad PPE, and some suspicious bids for chartered surgical facilities. And, now, the scandal continues to expand to construction contracts in relation to the recovery centres at the heart of the UCP’s forced treatment programming (that I dub Residential Schools 2.0).
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell brings us the deep dive into the allegations between the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, Aaron Barner, and others. As always, the article itself deserves a read, and I’ll leave some highlights below.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
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https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/19/Accusations-Fly-Newly-Surfaced-Legal-Fight-Sam-Mraiche/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347793/accusations-fly-in-newly-surfaced-legal-fight-involving-sam-mraiche -
Canadians may be witnessing one of the greatest corruption scandals to rock a province in generations. From the mind boggling dollar figures, to the depth of the group alleged behind the corruption, the scandal touches every man, woman, and child of Alberta.
CorruptCare originally referred to allegations of a cluster of procurement contracts involving AHS and a number of UCP members in relation to Tylenot, bad PPE, and some suspicious bids for chartered surgical facilities. And, now, the scandal continues to expand to construction contracts in relation to the recovery centres at the heart of the UCP’s forced treatment programming (that I dub Residential Schools 2.0).
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell brings us the deep dive into the allegations between the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, Aaron Barner, and others. As always, the article itself deserves a read, and I’ll leave some highlights below.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 128
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/19/Accusations-Fly-Newly-Surfaced-Legal-Fight-Sam-Mraiche/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347793/accusations-fly-in-newly-surfaced-legal-fight-involving-sam-mraiche -
Canadians may be witnessing one of the greatest corruption scandals to rock a province in generations. From the mind boggling dollar figures, to the depth of the group alleged behind the corruption, the scandal touches every man, woman, and child of Alberta.
CorruptCare originally referred to allegations of a cluster of procurement contracts involving AHS and a number of UCP members in relation to Tylenot, bad PPE, and some suspicious bids for chartered surgical facilities. And, now, the scandal continues to expand to construction contracts in relation to the recovery centres at the heart of the UCP’s forced treatment programming (that I dub Residential Schools 2.0).
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell brings us the deep dive into the allegations between the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, Aaron Barner, and others. As always, the article itself deserves a read, and I’ll leave some highlights below.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 128
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/19/Accusations-Fly-Newly-Surfaced-Legal-Fight-Sam-Mraiche/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347793/accusations-fly-in-newly-surfaced-legal-fight-involving-sam-mraiche -
Canadians may be witnessing one of the greatest corruption scandals to rock a province in generations. From the mind boggling dollar figures, to the depth of the group alleged behind the corruption, the scandal touches every man, woman, and child of Alberta.
CorruptCare originally referred to allegations of a cluster of procurement contracts involving AHS and a number of UCP members in relation to Tylenot, bad PPE, and some suspicious bids for chartered surgical facilities. And, now, the scandal continues to expand to construction contracts in relation to the recovery centres at the heart of the UCP’s forced treatment programming (that I dub Residential Schools 2.0).
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell brings us the deep dive into the allegations between the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, Aaron Barner, and others. As always, the article itself deserves a read, and I’ll leave some highlights below.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 128
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/19/Accusations-Fly-Newly-Surfaced-Legal-Fight-Sam-Mraiche/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347793/accusations-fly-in-newly-surfaced-legal-fight-involving-sam-mraiche -
Canadians may be witnessing one of the greatest corruption scandals to rock a province in generations. From the mind boggling dollar figures, to the depth of the group alleged behind the corruption, the scandal touches every man, woman, and child of Alberta.
CorruptCare originally referred to allegations of a cluster of procurement contracts involving AHS and a number of UCP members in relation to Tylenot, bad PPE, and some suspicious bids for chartered surgical facilities. And, now, the scandal continues to expand to construction contracts in relation to the recovery centres at the heart of the UCP’s forced treatment programming (that I dub Residential Schools 2.0).
The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell brings us the deep dive into the allegations between the Semashkewiches, Sam Mraiche, Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, Mike Eldassouki, Aaron Barner, and others. As always, the article itself deserves a read, and I’ll leave some highlights below.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery #SandyEdmonstone #JitendraPrasad #SamJaber #BryanWard #Semashkewich #MelewkaHomes
#EthicalFading
#comment
- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 128
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/19/Accusations-Fly-Newly-Surfaced-Legal-Fight-Sam-Mraiche/
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/347793/accusations-fly-in-newly-surfaced-legal-fight-involving-sam-mraiche -
Accounting firm owned by Smith government appointee searched by RCMP
Globe and Mail’s Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Matthew Scace, and Jana G. Pruden, and Alanna Smith, with the latest updates on the RCMP conducting searches of properties associated with Sam Jaber, Jitendra Prasad, and Sam Mraiche.
A marked RCMP vehicle was parked in front of Jaberson & Associates, a tax preparation and accounting firm owned by Sam Jaber. In November, 2023, Ms. Smith appointed him to the board of Invest Alberta, which focuses on attracting capital investment to the province.
Mr. Jaber has also served as the chief financial officer of MHCare Medical Corp., a private company owned by Sam Mraiche, a businessman at the centre of the province’s procurement controversy.
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On Thursday, a Globe reporter spoke with a neighbour of Jitendra Prasad, one of the former Alberta Health Service procurement officials who was part of Ms. Mentzelopoulos’s probe.
The neighbour told The Globe that RCMP officers had attended at Mr. Prasad’s home throughout the day on Tuesday.
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Mr. Jaber owns two tax and accounting businesses, corporate records show – Jaberson & Associates and Tax Pros, both based in Edmonton.
Corporate filings show that Mr. Jaber and his accounting businesses have acted as registering agents for several of Mr. Mraiche’s business ventures.
Mr. Jaber was appointed to Invest Alberta’s board at the behest of the Premier’s Office, according to records obtained by The Globe through an access to information request.
In a series of e-mails, government staff discuss Mr. Jaber’s potential appointment. In an e-mail dated Oct. 26, 2023, one official wrote that the Premier’s Office “has indicated this is a priority for immediate action.” Mr. Jaber was appointed to the board by an order-in-council signed by the Premier four weeks later. His term is set to expire next January.
Invest Alberta declined to comment.
The Premier in the summer of 2024 confirmed that Jaberson & Associates furnished her office with tickets to watch the Edmonton Oilers play the Vancouver Canucks in British Columbia during the NHL playoffs that year. Mr. Mraiche joined Ms. Smith in a box suite to watch the game, a photo taken by The Canadian Press shows.
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Smith defends government after RCMP executes search warrants in health care procurement probe
Globe and Mail’s Carrie Tait, Matthew Scace, and Tom Cardoso, with the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, with the RCMP pushing further in their investigation.
#CorruptCare #Corruption #AHS #AlbertaUnderSiege #SamMraiche #DanielleSmith #RCMP #RaymondWyant #AthanaMentzelopoulos #MickeyAmery
#EthicalFading
#comment
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https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/330021/smith-defends-government-after-rcmp-executes-search-warrants-in-health-care-procurement
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Smith defends government after RCMP executes search warrants in health care procurement probe
Globe and Mail’s Carrie Tait, Matthew Scace, and Tom Cardoso, with the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, with the RCMP pushing further in their investigation.
The article deserves a read, and highlights included here.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended her government on Thursday during her first appearance in the legislature since police executed search warrants as part of their criminal investigation into the province’s health care procurement controversy.
The RCMP this week searched the head office of MHCare Medical Corp., one of the government suppliers at the centre of the controversy.
The company, which has received $600-million in contracts from Alberta Health Services, is owned by Edmonton businessman Sam Mraiche. Mr. Mraiche had ties with Ms. Smith and members of her government, as well as public servants at Alberta’s health authority.
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During Question Period at the Alberta Legislature on Thursday, Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi highlighted the relationship between the government and Mr. Mraiche, who played host to cabinet ministers and political officials in a box suite during Edmonton Oilers games.
“It is the biggest government scandal in Alberta history,” Mr. Nenshi said. He noted that the RCMP searches are now in their third day.
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Alberta construction company alleges Sam Mraiche played hidden role in building of addiction sites
Globe and Mail’s Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait give us the deep dive on the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, revealing allegations that Sam Mraiche continued to use his connections to the UCP to shake down other businesses for payments in exchange for government contracts.
Here, the allegations take us to Melewka Homes Ltd, owned by Lewis Semashkewich and John Semashkewich. The pair did business with a Mohamed Eldassouki. Plot twist: Eldassouki apparently is the brother-in-law of the perpetual protagonist of capitalism, Sam Mraiche. The Semashkewiches go on to allege that Mraiche introduced himself as Fred, and suggested that he had connections with high ranked officials, and he could pull contracts awarded to Melweka at any time. Fred went on to make demands for large sums of money.
Unfortunately, some of these contracts appear to involve the Addiction Recovery Centres that were once handled by AHS. But, since AHS may have been shattered into pieces for allegedly investigating the CorruptCare cluster of contracts, it has since been replaced by Recovery Alberta in 2024. At this point, it beggars belief that the UCP, Danielle Smith, and her caucus do not either resign or at least take steps to mitigate what is clearly an out-of-control conflicts of interest.
As always, the article deserves a read, and I’ll include some highlights here. You will see that some recurring characters return to the stage, including Jitendra Prasad, and Bryan Ward.
The Semashkewiches and Mr. Eldassouki began working together in 2022, according to court records, under an arrangement in which Mr. Eldassouki would help identify projects for the Semashkewiches’ business.
Not long after that, the Semashkewiches claim in the lawsuit they were introduced to a man named Fred, who told Lewis Semashkewich he would control Melewka Homes’ payments on projects identified by Mr. Eldassouki and could put an end to them at any time. In their court submissions, the Semashkewiches said it was “made apparent” to them that Fred had “considerable control” over the construction work and the government officials behind them.
According to the Semashkewiches’ court filings, they later learned that Fred was, in fact, Sam Mraiche. In addition to being Mr. Mraiche’s brother-in-law, Mr. Eldassouki has served as a senior executive at two of Mr. Mraiche’s companies, including MHCare.
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The Semashkewiches’ deal with Mr. Eldassouki soon led to new business, the counterclaim shows. After being selected to build two apartment complexes for the Métis Nation of Alberta in 2023, in early 2024 the contractor was tapped to build recovery centres in the three Indigenous communities.
But the arrangement between the two companies would ultimately become strained as the contractor allegedly faced demands for money from Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki on its construction projects, according to the Semashkewiches’ claim.
During one phone call between Lewis Semashkewich and Mr. Mraiche, the latter told Mr. Semashkewich he had the government connections necessary to “pull” Melewka Homes’ projects and indicated he had ties to a senior executive at the Métis Nation, a man named Aaron Barner, the Semashkewiches’ claim alleges. “I own Barner and he will do what I say,” Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have said.
After that conversation, Mr. Barner allegedly told Mr. Semashkewich that meetings between the Métis Nation and Melewka Homes were cancelled until further notice, effectively pausing the project. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, work only resumed after Mr. Semashkewich authorized the release of funds to Mr. Eldassouki. In his court submissions, Mr. Eldassouki denies exerting pressure on the Semashkewiches or making improper requests for payment.
Mr. Barner, for his part, says in a statement of defence that he asked that the Semashkewiches cease contact in response to “repeated and improper communications” between Melewka Homes and Métis Nation personnel. Mr. Barner also denies he is a business associate of Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki, and says he did not act on anyone’s instruction. A lawyer for Mr. Barner did not comment.
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During another meeting, this time at MHCare’s offices, Mr. Mraiche allegedly demanded an “exorbitant amount of money” and threatened to use his connections to cancel Melewka Homes’ projects, the Semashkewiches claim in their lawsuit. To demonstrate his influence, Mr. Mraiche allegedly called “his friend J.P.,” an Alberta government insider, and put him on speakerphone. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, Lewis Semashkewich understands this man to be Jitendra Prasad, who was then a senior procurement official for the Alberta government. Last year, The Globe documented Mr. Prasad’s involvement in the Alberta Health Services procurement controversy and his ties to Mr. Mraiche. A lawyer for Mr. Prasad did not respond to The Globe’s requests for comment.
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The Semashkewiches also say in their court submission that the lawyer they hired to handle payments on two of the three recovery centres – and who allegedly came at the recommendation of Mr. Eldassouki – improperly sent nearly $7-million to Mr. Eldassouki’s company. Public records show that the lawyer, a man named Bryan Ward, has acted for Mr. Mraiche on several occasions, including in a civil lawsuit, in real estate transactions and in a dispute with Elections Alberta. Mr. Ward denies having acted improperly in his statement of defence, and his lawyer did not comment.
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Alberta construction company alleges Sam Mraiche played hidden role in building of addiction sites
Globe and Mail’s Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait give us the deep dive on the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, revealing allegations that Sam Mraiche continued to use his connections to the UCP to shake down other businesses for payments in exchange for government contracts.
Here, the allegations take us to Melewka Homes Ltd, owned by Lewis Semashkewich and John Semashkewich. The pair did business with a Mohamed Eldassouki. Plot twist: Eldassouki apparently is the brother-in-law of the perpetual protagonist of capitalism, Sam Mraiche. The Semashkewiches go on to allege that Mraiche introduced himself as Fred, and suggested that he had connections with high ranked officials, and he could pull contracts awarded to Melweka at any time. Fred went on to make demands for large sums of money.
Unfortunately, some of these contracts appear to involve the Addiction Recovery Centres that were once handled by AHS. But, since AHS may have been shattered into pieces for allegedly investigating the CorruptCare cluster of contracts, it has since been replaced by Recovery Alberta in 2024. At this point, it beggars belief that the UCP, Danielle Smith, and her caucus do not either resign or at least take steps to mitigate what is clearly an out-of-control conflicts of interest.
As always, the article deserves a read, and I’ll include some highlights here. You will see that some recurring characters return to the stage, including Jitendra Prasad, and Bryan Ward.
The Semashkewiches and Mr. Eldassouki began working together in 2022, according to court records, under an arrangement in which Mr. Eldassouki would help identify projects for the Semashkewiches’ business.
Not long after that, the Semashkewiches claim in the lawsuit they were introduced to a man named Fred, who told Lewis Semashkewich he would control Melewka Homes’ payments on projects identified by Mr. Eldassouki and could put an end to them at any time. In their court submissions, the Semashkewiches said it was “made apparent” to them that Fred had “considerable control” over the construction work and the government officials behind them.
According to the Semashkewiches’ court filings, they later learned that Fred was, in fact, Sam Mraiche. In addition to being Mr. Mraiche’s brother-in-law, Mr. Eldassouki has served as a senior executive at two of Mr. Mraiche’s companies, including MHCare.
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The Semashkewiches’ deal with Mr. Eldassouki soon led to new business, the counterclaim shows. After being selected to build two apartment complexes for the Métis Nation of Alberta in 2023, in early 2024 the contractor was tapped to build recovery centres in the three Indigenous communities.
But the arrangement between the two companies would ultimately become strained as the contractor allegedly faced demands for money from Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki on its construction projects, according to the Semashkewiches’ claim.
During one phone call between Lewis Semashkewich and Mr. Mraiche, the latter told Mr. Semashkewich he had the government connections necessary to “pull” Melewka Homes’ projects and indicated he had ties to a senior executive at the Métis Nation, a man named Aaron Barner, the Semashkewiches’ claim alleges. “I own Barner and he will do what I say,” Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have said.
After that conversation, Mr. Barner allegedly told Mr. Semashkewich that meetings between the Métis Nation and Melewka Homes were cancelled until further notice, effectively pausing the project. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, work only resumed after Mr. Semashkewich authorized the release of funds to Mr. Eldassouki. In his court submissions, Mr. Eldassouki denies exerting pressure on the Semashkewiches or making improper requests for payment.
Mr. Barner, for his part, says in a statement of defence that he asked that the Semashkewiches cease contact in response to “repeated and improper communications” between Melewka Homes and Métis Nation personnel. Mr. Barner also denies he is a business associate of Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki, and says he did not act on anyone’s instruction. A lawyer for Mr. Barner did not comment.
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During another meeting, this time at MHCare’s offices, Mr. Mraiche allegedly demanded an “exorbitant amount of money” and threatened to use his connections to cancel Melewka Homes’ projects, the Semashkewiches claim in their lawsuit. To demonstrate his influence, Mr. Mraiche allegedly called “his friend J.P.,” an Alberta government insider, and put him on speakerphone. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, Lewis Semashkewich understands this man to be Jitendra Prasad, who was then a senior procurement official for the Alberta government. Last year, The Globe documented Mr. Prasad’s involvement in the Alberta Health Services procurement controversy and his ties to Mr. Mraiche. A lawyer for Mr. Prasad did not respond to The Globe’s requests for comment.
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The Semashkewiches also say in their court submission that the lawyer they hired to handle payments on two of the three recovery centres – and who allegedly came at the recommendation of Mr. Eldassouki – improperly sent nearly $7-million to Mr. Eldassouki’s company. Public records show that the lawyer, a man named Bryan Ward, has acted for Mr. Mraiche on several occasions, including in a civil lawsuit, in real estate transactions and in a dispute with Elections Alberta. Mr. Ward denies having acted improperly in his statement of defence, and his lawyer did not comment.
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Alberta construction company alleges Sam Mraiche played hidden role in building of addiction sites
Globe and Mail’s Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait give us the deep dive on the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, revealing allegations that Sam Mraiche continued to use his connections to the UCP to shake down other businesses for payments in exchange for government contracts.
Here, the allegations take us to Melewka Homes Ltd, owned by Lewis Semashkewich and John Semashkewich. The pair did business with a Mohamed Eldassouki. Plot twist: Eldassouki apparently is the brother-in-law of the perpetual protagonist of capitalism, Sam Mraiche. The Semashkewiches go on to allege that Mraiche introduced himself as Fred, and suggested that he had connections with high ranked officials, and he could pull contracts awarded to Melweka at any time. Fred went on to make demands for large sums of money.
Unfortunately, some of these contracts appear to involve the Addiction Recovery Centres that were once handled by AHS. But, since AHS may have been shattered into pieces for allegedly investigating the CorruptCare cluster of contracts, it has since been replaced by Recovery Alberta in 2024. At this point, it beggars belief that the UCP, Danielle Smith, and her caucus do not either resign or at least take steps to mitigate what is clearly an out-of-control conflicts of interest.
As always, the article deserves a read, and I’ll include some highlights here. You will see that some recurring characters return to the stage, including Jitendra Prasad, and Bryan Ward.
The Semashkewiches and Mr. Eldassouki began working together in 2022, according to court records, under an arrangement in which Mr. Eldassouki would help identify projects for the Semashkewiches’ business.
Not long after that, the Semashkewiches claim in the lawsuit they were introduced to a man named Fred, who told Lewis Semashkewich he would control Melewka Homes’ payments on projects identified by Mr. Eldassouki and could put an end to them at any time. In their court submissions, the Semashkewiches said it was “made apparent” to them that Fred had “considerable control” over the construction work and the government officials behind them.
According to the Semashkewiches’ court filings, they later learned that Fred was, in fact, Sam Mraiche. In addition to being Mr. Mraiche’s brother-in-law, Mr. Eldassouki has served as a senior executive at two of Mr. Mraiche’s companies, including MHCare.
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The Semashkewiches’ deal with Mr. Eldassouki soon led to new business, the counterclaim shows. After being selected to build two apartment complexes for the Métis Nation of Alberta in 2023, in early 2024 the contractor was tapped to build recovery centres in the three Indigenous communities.
But the arrangement between the two companies would ultimately become strained as the contractor allegedly faced demands for money from Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki on its construction projects, according to the Semashkewiches’ claim.
During one phone call between Lewis Semashkewich and Mr. Mraiche, the latter told Mr. Semashkewich he had the government connections necessary to “pull” Melewka Homes’ projects and indicated he had ties to a senior executive at the Métis Nation, a man named Aaron Barner, the Semashkewiches’ claim alleges. “I own Barner and he will do what I say,” Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have said.
After that conversation, Mr. Barner allegedly told Mr. Semashkewich that meetings between the Métis Nation and Melewka Homes were cancelled until further notice, effectively pausing the project. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, work only resumed after Mr. Semashkewich authorized the release of funds to Mr. Eldassouki. In his court submissions, Mr. Eldassouki denies exerting pressure on the Semashkewiches or making improper requests for payment.
Mr. Barner, for his part, says in a statement of defence that he asked that the Semashkewiches cease contact in response to “repeated and improper communications” between Melewka Homes and Métis Nation personnel. Mr. Barner also denies he is a business associate of Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki, and says he did not act on anyone’s instruction. A lawyer for Mr. Barner did not comment.
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During another meeting, this time at MHCare’s offices, Mr. Mraiche allegedly demanded an “exorbitant amount of money” and threatened to use his connections to cancel Melewka Homes’ projects, the Semashkewiches claim in their lawsuit. To demonstrate his influence, Mr. Mraiche allegedly called “his friend J.P.,” an Alberta government insider, and put him on speakerphone. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, Lewis Semashkewich understands this man to be Jitendra Prasad, who was then a senior procurement official for the Alberta government. Last year, The Globe documented Mr. Prasad’s involvement in the Alberta Health Services procurement controversy and his ties to Mr. Mraiche. A lawyer for Mr. Prasad did not respond to The Globe’s requests for comment.
…
The Semashkewiches also say in their court submission that the lawyer they hired to handle payments on two of the three recovery centres – and who allegedly came at the recommendation of Mr. Eldassouki – improperly sent nearly $7-million to Mr. Eldassouki’s company. Public records show that the lawyer, a man named Bryan Ward, has acted for Mr. Mraiche on several occasions, including in a civil lawsuit, in real estate transactions and in a dispute with Elections Alberta. Mr. Ward denies having acted improperly in his statement of defence, and his lawyer did not comment.
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Alberta construction company alleges Sam Mraiche played hidden role in building of addiction sites
Globe and Mail’s Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait give us the deep dive on the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, revealing allegations that Sam Mraiche continued to use his connections to the UCP to shake down other businesses for payments in exchange for government contracts.
Here, the allegations take us to Melewka Homes Ltd, owned by Lewis Semashkewich and John Semashkewich. The pair did business with a Mohamed Eldassouki. Plot twist: Eldassouki apparently is the brother-in-law of the perpetual protagonist of capitalism, Sam Mraiche. The Semashkewiches go on to allege that Mraiche introduced himself as Fred, and suggested that he had connections with high ranked officials, and he could pull contracts awarded to Melweka at any time. Fred went on to make demands for large sums of money.
Unfortunately, some of these contracts appear to involve the Addiction Recovery Centres that were once handled by AHS. But, since AHS may have been shattered into pieces for allegedly investigating the CorruptCare cluster of contracts, it has since been replaced by Recovery Alberta in 2024. At this point, it beggars belief that the UCP, Danielle Smith, and her caucus do not either resign or at least take steps to mitigate what is clearly an out-of-control conflicts of interest.
As always, the article deserves a read, and I’ll include some highlights here. You will see that some recurring characters return to the stage, including Jitendra Prasad, and Bryan Ward.
The Semashkewiches and Mr. Eldassouki began working together in 2022, according to court records, under an arrangement in which Mr. Eldassouki would help identify projects for the Semashkewiches’ business.
Not long after that, the Semashkewiches claim in the lawsuit they were introduced to a man named Fred, who told Lewis Semashkewich he would control Melewka Homes’ payments on projects identified by Mr. Eldassouki and could put an end to them at any time. In their court submissions, the Semashkewiches said it was “made apparent” to them that Fred had “considerable control” over the construction work and the government officials behind them.
According to the Semashkewiches’ court filings, they later learned that Fred was, in fact, Sam Mraiche. In addition to being Mr. Mraiche’s brother-in-law, Mr. Eldassouki has served as a senior executive at two of Mr. Mraiche’s companies, including MHCare.
…
The Semashkewiches’ deal with Mr. Eldassouki soon led to new business, the counterclaim shows. After being selected to build two apartment complexes for the Métis Nation of Alberta in 2023, in early 2024 the contractor was tapped to build recovery centres in the three Indigenous communities.
But the arrangement between the two companies would ultimately become strained as the contractor allegedly faced demands for money from Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki on its construction projects, according to the Semashkewiches’ claim.
During one phone call between Lewis Semashkewich and Mr. Mraiche, the latter told Mr. Semashkewich he had the government connections necessary to “pull” Melewka Homes’ projects and indicated he had ties to a senior executive at the Métis Nation, a man named Aaron Barner, the Semashkewiches’ claim alleges. “I own Barner and he will do what I say,” Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have said.
After that conversation, Mr. Barner allegedly told Mr. Semashkewich that meetings between the Métis Nation and Melewka Homes were cancelled until further notice, effectively pausing the project. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, work only resumed after Mr. Semashkewich authorized the release of funds to Mr. Eldassouki. In his court submissions, Mr. Eldassouki denies exerting pressure on the Semashkewiches or making improper requests for payment.
Mr. Barner, for his part, says in a statement of defence that he asked that the Semashkewiches cease contact in response to “repeated and improper communications” between Melewka Homes and Métis Nation personnel. Mr. Barner also denies he is a business associate of Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Eldassouki, and says he did not act on anyone’s instruction. A lawyer for Mr. Barner did not comment.
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During another meeting, this time at MHCare’s offices, Mr. Mraiche allegedly demanded an “exorbitant amount of money” and threatened to use his connections to cancel Melewka Homes’ projects, the Semashkewiches claim in their lawsuit. To demonstrate his influence, Mr. Mraiche allegedly called “his friend J.P.,” an Alberta government insider, and put him on speakerphone. According to the Semashkewiches’ submission, Lewis Semashkewich understands this man to be Jitendra Prasad, who was then a senior procurement official for the Alberta government. Last year, The Globe documented Mr. Prasad’s involvement in the Alberta Health Services procurement controversy and his ties to Mr. Mraiche. A lawyer for Mr. Prasad did not respond to The Globe’s requests for comment.
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The Semashkewiches also say in their court submission that the lawyer they hired to handle payments on two of the three recovery centres – and who allegedly came at the recommendation of Mr. Eldassouki – improperly sent nearly $7-million to Mr. Eldassouki’s company. Public records show that the lawyer, a man named Bryan Ward, has acted for Mr. Mraiche on several occasions, including in a civil lawsuit, in real estate transactions and in a dispute with Elections Alberta. Mr. Ward denies having acted improperly in his statement of defence, and his lawyer did not comment.
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Globe and Mail’s Tu Thanh Ha brings us the latest in the CorruptCare scandal, following up on a thread of connections to what may be the lawfare apparatus of the UCP.
In his podcasts, Mr. Wallace had asserted that he would disseminate incriminating information about Mr. Edmonstone and warned that “we’re really going to start digging down and we’re going to make it unbearable for you.”
Instead of searching the podcasters’ devices, Mr. Alcock’s court filing said Mr. Edmonstone should have sued them for defamation and used a less-intrusive legal mechanism to gather evidence about them.
The controversy began in early 2025, when the former head of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos, alleged in a wrongful-dismissal suit that she had been fired by the government of Premier Danielle Smith after she declined to wind up an internal investigation into the way AHS awarded contracts to private vendors.
Mr. Edmonstone said in a court affidavit that he was harassed because he was vocal in his support of Ms. Mentzelopoulos and had urged her to speak to the RCMP and the provincial Auditor-General. The entire AHS board was dismissed at the end of January by the Smith government.
Last November, Mr. Edmonstone turned to Alberta King’s Bench Justice Michael Lema, the judge managing the Mentzelopoulos lawsuit. He persuaded Justice Lema to grant him a court order allowing independent solicitors to search the electronic records of Mr. Wallace and Mr. Di Fiore, in a bid to identify who could have directed them.
Justice Lema also cited the two podcasters for contempt of court because Mr. Edmonstone is a potential witness in Ms. Mentzelopoulos’s litigation.The judge issued the citation for contempt and the search authorization, known as an Anton Piller order, after an ex parte hearing, meaning it happened without the knowledge of the podcasters.
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Mr. Edmonstone’s affidavit said he became aware in June, 2025, that he was being followed when someone covertly photographed him, while he lunched with a woman, and disseminated the pictures, falsely accusing him of adultery.
The affidavit said that Mr. Edmonstone discovered that the cellphone that shared photos of him was the contact number for an anonymous X account that had posted similar surveillance shots of Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait and threatened to expose her sources.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wallace, a self-described “political hitman,” used podcasts to direct reputational attacks at Mr. Edmonstone, Ms. Mentzelopoulos and Ms. Tait.
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During the search of Mr. Wallace’s devices, he initially refused to co-operate by saying that he was working on a retainer for an Edmonton-area lawyer, Bryan Ward.
Public records show that Mr. Ward has in the past represented Sam Mraiche, the owner of one of AHS’s suppliers, the MHCare Medical company – and one of the contractors that was the focus of the probe ordered by Ms. Mentzelopoulos.
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Alberta Law Foundation sees 2 directors removed, mass resignation in wake of new government powers
Justice Minister Mickey Amery is attacking the foundations upon which the Justice System is built upon with a series of power grabs on behalf of the same UCP members responsible for bringing Albertans CorruptCare.
Albertans will recall that Justice Minister Mickey Amery has close ties with the infamous Sam Mraiche, and the CorruptCare Scandal. I would note that the Scandal, and its subsequent damage to the Alberta Healthcare system, continues to rock Albertans to this very day. Worse, those implicated in the Scandal continue in key roles of government.
The Minister may now be seen grabbing for power from within the Alberta Law Foundation, an organization that notably handles the funding for many Justice system adjacent services that include Women’s Shelters, Pro Bono legal advice, and other support systems that are intended to help the vulnerable seek further help.
What is troubling here is this statement:
Jenkins’s statement said the Law Society of Alberta made its decision to replace their foundation board representatives “entirely independent of the government.” She added that the ministry believes the foundation will provide an update in the coming days about the steps it’s recently taken.
Now remember earlier in Nov 2025 when two senior Crown prosecutors were also suddenly sacked without notice. I suggest that Minister Amery carried out the same attack:
“The recent actions of the government highlight the need for our members to have employment protections that insulate them from losing their employment without articulated cause,” the statement says.
“Without this protection, Crown prosecutors are susceptible to being dismissed from their employment for improper reasons.”
At the legislature on Thursday, Justice Minister Mickey Amery said there was “no government involvement whatsoever” in the senior Crowns’ departures. He said Dale McFee, the former Edmonton police chief who is now head of the Alberta Public Service, also “had absolutely nothing to do” with it.
Dale McFee, of course, was also tied to Sam Mraiche.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/14/AHS-Scandal-How-Tight-Dale-McFee-Sam-Mraiche/
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#Albertaseparatist lawyer improperly contacted #AHS CEO, threatened 'war crimes' charges over #COVID shots https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/jeff-rath-law-society-hearing-separatist-lawyer “Law Society of Alberta disciplinary hearing Tuesday on three misconduct charges, including allegations he inappropriately contacted the CEO of AHS and threatened to have federal and provincial officials charged with murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their approval of #COVIDvaccines.”
I.e a bully limited only by his own “morality”.
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Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
The Globe and Mail’s Tom Cardoso, Carrie Tait, Mark Mackinnon, and Stephanie Chambers have the deep dive on Sam Mraiche. I’ll include some highlights, but this deserves a good read because it provides an overview with additional information about some of the relationships between Sam Mraiche, Danielle Smith, Jitendra Prasad, and Mickey Amery.
Her former chief of staff, Marshall Smith, hired multiple relatives of Mr. Mraiche at the same time as he was living in a home owned by one of Mr. Mraiche’s sisters.
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“All of my family is in Canada now,” said Jamil Omairi, a pharmacist in the nearby town of Lala, another springboard for people destined for Alberta. Mr. Omairi is related to Mickey Amery, Alberta’s justice minister, himself a long-time friend and relative of Mr. Mraiche.
“All the young people here, people between 16 and 20, they have two ways to go,” he said. “If they find work, they stay. If there’s no work, they travel, and Brazil and Canada are the first destinations.”
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Mraiche may be a capable import/exporter, but his world view could be mercenary. An exchange between Mraiche and BTNX, a supplier of COVID rapid tests, highlights this view.
The following week, Mr. Mraiche proposed a solution: He did “a lot of business” in Turkey, he explained, and suggested the BTNX executive use those contacts to obtain additional tests.
Mr. Mraiche also returned to the idea of diverting tests, this time from the federal government. “They’re really going to notice that a million is missing?” he asked.
“They will, yes,” responded Mr. Sunderani.
As deliveries fell further and further behind, Mr. Mraiche, who told Mr. Sunderani he was under intense pressure from Mr. Prasad, became increasingly frustrated.
“Do you know what you’re doing to me, Iqbal?” Mr. Mraiche said in an early February call. “I don’t only sell rapid test kits. I’m one of the biggest constructors here, too. Do you know what you’ve done to me? I’ve had so much mud thrown on my face, it’s not even funny.”
“You better hope there’s another wave that needs rapid tests,” he continued later in the call.
“Sam, that’s – that’s a bad thing to hope for,” Mr. Sunderani said.
“Is it? Me and you are in the business.”
“Sam, you know what? At the end of the day I don’t know about you, but I’ve made enough money. I don’t want to wish –”
“Has Jeff Bezos made enough money yet?”
“I don’t care who Jeff Bezos is,” Mr. Sunderani replied. “He has – I mean, I don’t want to wish –”
“No one’s wishing anything. It’s just going with the flow,” Mr. Mraiche said.
A month after that call, BTNX sued MHCare for $7.5-million, alleging Mr. Mraiche’s business failed to pay for more than 200,000 test kits and refused to pay for a truckload it received in error. MHCare countersued for $62.5-million, alleging BTNX overcharged, caused the company to lose money and tarnished its reputation. The two companies remain locked in litigation, and neither party’s allegations have been proven in court.
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By the spring of 2022, the government’s response to the pandemic left Premier Jason Kenney battered. A scant majority of United Conservative Party members supported him in a leadership review in May, 2022, and he agreed to step down after the party selected a replacement.
Danielle Smith, then a party leadership hopeful, campaigned on COVID-19 grievances, railing against mask mandates and vaccine passports. Within a few months, she’d established herself as a front-runner.
A copy of Ms. Smith’s private calendar obtained by The Globe shows she took meetings during the campaign with everyone from physicians to executives – including Sam Mraiche.
In August, 2022, she was scheduled to dine at his north Edmonton home, the calendar shows.
Five days later, she was booked for a 30-minute Zoom call with Mr. Mraiche and Mr. Prasad, who retired from Alberta Health Services in the spring but stayed on as a consultant.
Ms. Smith, Mr. Prasad and Mr. Mraiche did not respond to questions about the meetings.
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Details of Premier’s ties to businessman underscore need for public probe, Alberta NDP says
The Globe and Mail’s Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, and Matthew Scace, reveal that Sam Mraiche, an alleged central figure in the CorruptCare scandals, had deeper ties to Premier Smith than previously acknowledged. I’ll include the highlights from the article, but it’s worth a read.
The Globe’s investigation, published Saturday, revealed that Mr. Mraiche’s connections to the governing United Conservative Party are more extensive than previously reported.
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Ms. Smith, speaking to reporters at the United Conservative Party’s annual meeting in Edmonton on Saturday, maintained that she treated Mr. Mraiche just as she would any other executive.
“I have always said that I have seen him socially a handful of times, as I have with many, many individuals who want to do business with our government.”
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In a letter MHCare sent to the government in April, it said: “The unspectacular truth is that Mr. Mraiche’s interactions with government, those in elected office and senior staff fit entirely within the established parameters of typical government relations for the CEO of a commercial entity.”
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The investigation, for example, found that Mr. Mraiche joined Ms. Smith’s inner circle in a hotel suite to watch the provincial election results in May, 2023.
“When you are waiting for the results to come in, especially in a close race like it was in 2023, you are surrounded only by [your] absolute closest advisers,” Mr. Nenshi said in an interview Sunday. Calgarians elected Mr. Nenshi as their mayor three times before he became leader of the NDP last year.
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The Globe’s story on Saturday revealed that Ms. Smith’s schedule included a dinner at Mr. Mraiche’s home and a Zoom call with him and a former Alberta Health Services procurement official before she became Premier.
Further, newly obtained photos show Ms. Smith, five cabinet ministers, and senior political staff with Mr. Mraiche in a box suite during the Edmonton Oilers playoff run in 2024.
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Alberta's bid to privatize lab services wasted more than $100M: auditor general
The UCP continues its siege of Alberta’s systems. The Minister of Health is noted as restricting the Auditor’s access to information, and interfered with the Auditor’s ability to complete his investigation. The UCP has publicly disarmed the Office of the Auditor General.
From the CBC’s Taylor Lambert:
The report from Auditor General Doug Wylie highlights many issues faced during the investigation, including a lack of co-operation from key officials, obstruction of information by AHS and the province, and the destruction of evidence sought by the auditor general.
The provincial government said the DynaLife contract would save millions of dollars a year, but instead cancelled it less than a year later after numerous issues with service delivery and DynaLife’s own financial problems.
The province ultimately purchased DynaLife in 2023 for nearly $100 million and absorbed it into the public provider, Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL).
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The auditor general’s report notes the many challenges faced during the investigation, particularly with lack of co-operation from key officials and difficulty accessing evidence.
“Our access to information was restricted by AHS and this restriction was supported” by the Ministry of Health, says the report.
AHS asserted privilege over many documents “without, in some instances, clear rationale or evidence,” and had a team of lawyers conduct a line-by-line review of the thousands of documents sought by the auditor general.
The report also says that “records were password protected and inaccessible, missing, or destroyed when key staff were terminated,” noting a particular instance when AHS destroyed notebooks belonging to a former CEO “despite our request to preserve evidence.”
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#music #fleetwoodmac #ahs #witch #halloween #samhain
Listening to "Gypsy" made me realize how emotional an impact that Stevie Nicks appearing in American Horror Story: Coven had on me. So meaningful, so moving. I could sense the ancient Sisterhood that her aura inspired. Pure magic. Blessed be.
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Anything the UCP touches turns to ashes. Now, before you've even gotten your 2025 COVID shot, you must pre-order your 2026 shot by Dec 15!
#abpoli #AHShttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidkeegan.bsky.social/post/3m3iau3niss2v
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Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control - The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads
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Mother in law was referred to a specialist to check on her injury from Friday.
Appt. Monday 730am.
Specialist sms reminders. Don't be late!!Go very early, get her to slide down the stairs into the wheelchair. Go to clinic.
Elevator locked until 730am, no signage.
Specialist: Well I don't really normally suggest surgery, but I promise 100% so just maybe but surgery is awesome and I can do surgery anytime.
My wife: Is this really appropriate for someone in their late 70s, HD, COPD, etc?
Specialist: Uh, I guess not. So 'poke poke'. Come back on Wed for xray. See you then.WTF was that. This appt served no purpose at all.
Now generally I've got no problems with AHS, the hospitals and staff there are awesome every time we go.
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CW: summer internships for Austrian highschool students
We offer 7 paid summer #internships in media informatics research projects for students of Austrian highschools #AHS #HAK #HLW #HTL at FH St. Poelten, Lower #Austria
https://www.ffg.at/junge-talente/praktika?field_praktika_province=All&field_praktika_school_type=All&field_wissenschaftsdisziplin=All&search_api_fulltext_1=Fachhochschule+St.+P%C3%B6lten&sort_by=nid
(website in German)#ferialpraktikum #schule #oberstufe #niederosterreich #osterreich
