Dismissal of Hinshaw from indigenous health team led to ethics investigation
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Summary
In this episode, I speak with former Alberta Health Services (AHS) CEO Dr. Maan Mains about allegations that he was personally involved in the revocation of Dr. Hinshaw's position within AHS last spring.
Transcript
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I'm hoping that you can comment on allegations of your political interference in the revocation
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of Dr. Hinshaw's position within Alberta Health Services last spring.
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Can you confirm the allegations in his resignation letter to Dr. Cowell, Dr. Madd states that
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he's reiterated concerns several times that you, the premier, were reaching down four
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levels into AHS and instructing them to rescind an approved contract.
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Well, I can tell you that I put Dr. Cowell in place to make these decisions.
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We talked about staffing decisions a lot, and we have a major restructuring that we're doing
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So ultimately, it's the official administrator and now the board and the CEO who will make
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And it was the case in this instance, too, that the decisions of AHS were made by AHS.
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Yes, and I do have a follow-up on that same topic.
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In that resignation letter, Dr. Madd states that Dr. Cowell said that after speaking directly
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with you on a phone call on June 1st, he said at a group meeting that the premier is firm.
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Can you confirm that you had that phone call on June 1st with Dr. Cowell?
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And you outlined that Dr. Hinshaw could not be hired.
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Look, as I said, I talked with Dr. Cowell all the time about staffing decisions, and he
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always made it clear that the decisions by AHS were made by AHS.