Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi calls for Premier Smith to fire health minister over allegations [Video]

The leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP says it’s time to fire Health Minister Adriana LaGrange given new allegations surrounding high-level corruption in medical contracts.

Naheed Nenshi said Thursday if the claims made this week in a lawsuit are true, it would be the worst scandal and coverup in Alberta’s history.

“We cannot negotiate with other countries while being led by a banana republic. Albertans deserve ethical government,” he said.

He has also called for a full public inquiry, an RCMP investigation and for Premier Danielle Smith to step aside while independent investigators get to the bottom of the affair.

The allegations, which have not been tested in court, are contained in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed Wednesday by Athana Mentzelopoulos, who was in charge of all Alberta front-line health services for a year before she was fired last month.

The lawsuit alleges she was dismissed from Alberta Health Services for …