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Week ending 14 Jun 2013 Vol 27, No 39

The health minister fires the Alberta Health Services board (Fred Horne statement on dismissal of AHS board, 2010 paper in Healthcare Policy by Cam Donaldson on creation of AHS


Not just AHS but all public agencies will see a governance review and will have to comply with new legislation (Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act, PDF, 492 KB)


Interview: former federal cabinet minister Anne McLellan discusses the two-year-old Emerson report


Two new deputy ministers and a key senior manager in the cabinet office are appointed
Interview with Grant Sprague, the new deputy minister of energy, on management techniques
Gitane De Silva, the new deputy minister of international and intergovernmental relations, on Youtube — interview with IllinoisChannelTV published on March 1 - YouTube video)


Plus …
Senior officials are appointed for the new Alberta Energy Regulator
Alberta's record on research spending
The new administrator of Alberta Health Services has old ties to the province and an impressive job record
The AHS board was given a no-win choice before all the members were dismissed

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