Ousted Alberta MLA details allegation Danielle Smith purposely misled cabinet [Video]

An outspoken member of the Alberta legislature, booted from the United Conservative Party caucus, is airing more detailed allegations of what he calls government deception over a health-care contract scandal.

MLA Peter Guthrie resigned as infrastructure minister in February and is accusing Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange of deliberately misleading a Jan. 30 cabinet committee meeting over procurement issues.

“I didn’t step down because nothing happened,” he said.

Asking questions in the legislature for the first time as an Independent member Thursday, Guthrie said at that meeting there was no mention of a previous Alberta Health Services investigation into questionable contracts with private surgical facilities.

He said there was no reference to the former AHS CEO’s Jan. 20 letter to the health agency, which included allegations of political meddling.

And, Guthrie said, there was no indication the auditor general had been notified of concerns.

Guthrie said he believed the meeting …