virulent minister

In what world does a health minister stalk doctors? In Tyler Shandro's fortis et liber wexit world. Because the wisest, most prudent thing to do during a pandemic is to bilk and antagonize the good folks who look after us in our public health system and just be a weirdo.

Ministerial rating: 0/5

99 AHS execs on the wall

AHS, more re-structuring.

$3.2 million bonus payouts to 99 executives (AHS Executive Bonuses: Chair Openly Defies Government's Directive To Stop Bonus Payouts, Jun 12, 2013)

So: the Entire board is fired (Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne appointed AHS chair, Stephen Lockwood, less than a year ago). The province announces 24 new clinics and cuts long-term care ("P3" privatiztion).

AHS good news bad news

Doctors get a tentative contract. Nurses get layoffs during Nursing Week.
Alberta Health Services. 

In the past:

• severance details for former AHS CEO's
• Andrew Will, AHS Official Gets $738,000, 18-Month Severance Package 
• allaudin merali’s extravagant expenses and severance package
• Alberta Health Services cuts ‘bonuses’ but not necessarily executive pay
• Fired health boss Jack Davis gets $5.7M package, Sheila Weatherhill 
• Premier Alison Redford's Sister Expensed Public For Tory Party Events (Lynn Redford, former government relations adviser to the now-defunct Calgary Health Region from 2005 to 2008, is currently the vice-president in charge of special projects for the Alberta Health Services, or AHS, superboard)
• Alberta can't recoup executive's Mayo Clinic expenses
• Ralph Klein, the Holy/Huang Cross, private eye surgery
• AMA calls for inquiry into doctor intimidation (feb15/11) // Alberta doctors bullied by bosses, panel finds (feb22/12)
• Alberta’s queue-jumping inquiry shifts to University of Calgary
• Premier cool on past link with PM
• Redford elected MLA in Calgary-Elbow in 2008 and immediately appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice