Alberta premier responds to cabinet members request to move health minister [Video]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she asked all of her ministers for their recommendations after a report surfaced that one of them called for the health minister be moved to a different portfolio while allegations of corruption are investigated.

Smith’s statement during her provincewide phone-in radio program Saturday came when she was asked to confirm whether Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie sent a memo asking that Adriana LaGrange to be moved to other jobs while the investigations are underway.

Smith replied that “if you want to get honest input, you have to be prepared to hear what people have to say,” adding that “not everyone agrees with minister Guthrie.”

Smith’s government and Alberta’s auditor general are investigating allegations which centre around a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed this week by the former head of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos.

Mentzelopoulos, in her statement of claim, alleges LaGrange fought and ultimately fired her …