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Carrie Tait Nov 4 2025 – Globe and Mail

Alberta’s Auditor-General is racing to complete his investigation into procurement practices in the province’s health care system within the next six months, after the government rejected his proposal to extend his contract until the probe is finished.[snip]

Mr. Wylie, in an interview, said he offered to stick around for two years so he could wrap up major files, including the investigation into contracting and procurement in Alberta’s health care system. [snip]

The government fired the CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, in January, two days before she was scheduled to discuss her concerns with Mr. Wylie. [snip]

Mr. Wylie said he hopes to complete the probe by the end of April.

“We’re going to try to get that piece done before I leave,” he said. [snip]

The Official Opposition decried the UCP’s decision to conduct a search for Mr. Wylie’s job as a backdoor way to avoid accountability.

“The UCP government effectively chose to fire the Auditor-General that is currently investigating them,” David Shepherd, a member of the New Democratic Party, told reporters. [snip]

“The allegation that we are firing him is completely false,” he told the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices on Monday. “Mr. Wylie is able to put his name forward for the position again.”[snip]

The Auditor-General said he requested $977,000 to pay for the audits, but government deferred the funding decision until December. His office conducted a competition to outsource some of the work but had not yet signed the contract, he added.

The delay baffled him. [snip]

Mr. Wylie added that his 2023 investigation into the UCP’s attempt to privatize community lab testing by contracting to the private sector will be released very soon. The government reversed its deal with DynaLIFE when it resulted in bottlenecks, which reduced government coffers.[snip]