Alberta health minister denies former AHS CEO’s claims in statement of defence – CBC
Document alleges former CEO unwilling to implement government plan to break up AHS
Mar 13, 2025
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is alleging the former CEO of Alberta Health Services was unwilling and unable to implement the government’s plan to break up the health authority, became “infatuated” with her internal investigation into private surgical contracts and made “incendiary and inaccurate allegations about political intrigue and impropriety” before she was fired in January.
The claims are contained in the minister’s statement of defence filed Thursday in Edmonton Court of King’s Bench.
The document denies allegations made by Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former CEO, who filed a $1.7 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against LaGrange and Alberta Health Services last month. The claim, which contains allegations of political interference from a staff member in the office of Premier Danielle Smith, has embroiled Alberta’s United Conservative government in controversy for weeks.
