Requirements for strengthening public investigation according to the new report on the former chief of staff of Premier Smith Smith

According to new investigative reports from The Globe and Mail, there are renewed demands for a public investigation of the ongoing scandal for AHS health contracts.

According to the published report, Marshall Smith, former chief of staff of Premier Danielle Smith, lived in a house that belonged to the sister of businessman Sam Mraiche.

According to one of Athana Mentelopoulos, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services, submitted lawsuit in February and his companies signed more than 600 million dollars of health contracts with the government of Alberta. Mraiche and the Premier took part in an Oilers Playoff game last year.

Mentzelopoulos' lawsuit also claims that the staff of the Ministry of Health and Marshall Smith put you under pressure to conclude contracts for private surgical institutions despite the concerns about high costs and their advantages. Her suit claims that she found potential conflicts of interest and was wrongly released

The allegations have triggered an RCMP examination, a state review led by a former Manitoba judge and an investigation of health creation by Alberta's general examination.

The latest report is not correct with the leader of the Alberta NDP, who criticized the dealings with the situation by the UCP government.

“This gentleman (Mraiche) is the cousin of Mickey Amerery, the Minister of Justice's wife,” said near Nenshi. “We know that several family members work as political staff for cabinet ministers, and now we know that this family was the landlord of the staff of the prime minister.

“The government does everything to prevent a complete public investigation. You do everything possible to prevent all information from getting to the investigators. Albertaner would be given that all information is said that you will get to the investigators. Why should you do that if you have nothing to cover up.”

“We will come to a public request”

Political scientist Duane Bratt from Mount Royal University announced CityNews on Tuesday that the Premier asks her heels to request a judicial investigation.

“It is like we're going here again. Like every few days, it's a new development,” said Bratt.

“Usually opposition parties will call for a public investigation on the first day. That is what opposition parties do, but I think there is enough smoke here that we have to be frozen. And I still believe that we will achieve a public examination sooner than later.”

A lawyer from Marshall Smith said CityNews on Tuesday that he would not comment because the matter is before the dishes.

The The former chief of staff sued The Globe and Mail and Mentzelopoulos, claims, defamation. The Globe reported for the first time allegations of corruption in the multi -million dollar health contracts.

Smith's declaration of claim, which was submitted in court on Wednesday, states that the allegations about him in the complaint of Mentzelopoulos are “free of charge, irrelevant and unnecessary”, and because he is not mentioned as a defendant, he cannot answer them or give them a defense declaration.

His lawsuit claims false statements by Mentzelopolous and publishes in the Globus Malen “in the worst possible light”, including the proposal that he is involved in a “tyrant” or criminal activities. The document says that he was not involved in the offers, negotiations, selection, procurement or allocation of contracts to surgical institutions.

CityNews turned to the office of the Prime Minister and a lawyer for Mraiche for a comment, but did not hear back immediately.

– With files from the Canadian press