Tom Cardoso

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Tom Cardoso, Carrie Tait

A watchdog curtailed - Alberta Justice Minister set new limits for election regulator when his friend, Sam Mraiche, was under investigation

Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery shortened the amount of time Elections Alberta has to penalize political finance violations while his friend and relative Sam Mraiche was under investigation by the regulator, a Globe and Mail investigation has found. In May, 2025, Mr. Amery pushed through a series of amendments he said would “strengthen public trust” in the integrity of the...

Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso

Alberta ends procurement talks with two firms tied to businessman at centre of health care controversy

Alberta’s health agency has cancelled negotiations with two companies owned in part by Sam Mraiche, the Edmonton businessman at the centre of the province’s procurement controversy. The companies were in talks with Alberta Health Services to open private surgical facilities. Matt Jones, the Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services, made the surprise announcement in the legislature on Tuesday, saying...

Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Matthew Scace

Details of Premier’s ties to businessman underscore need for public probe, Alberta NDP says

Alberta’s Official Opposition on Sunday said a Globe and Mail story documenting ties between Premier Danielle Smith’s government and an Edmonton businessman underscore the need for a public inquiry into the province’s health care procurement practices. New Democratic Party Leader Naheed Nenshi said The Globe’s investigation detailing links between executive Sam Mraiche and Ms. Smith’s government reveal “deep, deep, deep”...

Tom Cardoso, Carrie Tait, Stephanie Chambers

Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier

Two of the most senior purchasing officials at Alberta Health Services in 2022 were also briefly directors of a numbered company with ties to a supplier that has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in business by the health agency, The Globe and Mail has found. Corporate filings show that in October, 2022, Jitendra Prasad and Blayne Iskiw –...

Bill Curry, Tom Cardoso

Ottawa offers few details on why ArriveCan contractors failed 16 Indigenous procurement audits

Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Stephanie Chambers

Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s former chief of staff lived in a $1.6-million Edmonton home owned by the sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings with the provincial health authority are subject to multiple investigations. Marshall Smith, who served as the Premier‘s chief of staff between October, 2022, and October, 2024, lived at the property, not far from the University...

Bill Curry, Tom Cardoso

Ottawa ignored warnings about Indigenous procurement program, former program auditor says

A former auditor for the federal government’s Indigenous procurement program says Ottawa hamstrung auditors and repeatedly ignored warnings that the program was being abused by non-Indigenous companies. Garry Hartle was one of the auditors who regularly reviewed whether companies complied with a federal policy designed to encourage the flow of government contracts to Indigenous-owned businesses. He served as an auditor...

Bill Curry, Kristy Kirkup, Tom Cardoso

ArriveCan vendor won Defence contract on the day founder joined public service

Dalian Enterprises, one of the vendors hired by the federal government to work on its troubled ArriveCan app, was awarded a contract from the Defence Department the same day its founder started working at the department as a full-time public servant. Dalian founder David Yeo told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that he started leading an IT project team as...