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Braid: Smith and LaGrange steamroll AHS in response to contract scandal

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AHS boss Athana Mentzelopoulos filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the health authority last week .

The question was treated like a bad smell at Wednesday 's news conference with Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange .

Smith several times said health authority, not the government, was responsible for negotiating contracts.

The premier did acknowledge that private surgery companies often receive widely different fees.

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