EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s former chief of staff is suing the fired CEO of the province’s front-line health agency and the newspaper that first reported allegations of corruption in multimillion-dollar health contracts.
Marshall Smith has filed a statement of claim alleging defamation against former Alberta Health Services head Athana Mentzelopoulos, the Globe and Mail, and an unidentified person believed to be a former AHS board member.