Article content After Alberta’s finance minister revealed he had attended a pair of Oilers playoffs games in a luxury box as a guest of a health-care firm, other ministries are mum about whether other members of cabinet did the same. Last month, Postmedia received no replies after emailing the press secretaries of all 24 government ministries asking if their minister attended any of those playoff matchups and, if so, how many games and how those tickets were obtained. Postmedia repeated that survey Thursday and again received no replies.
Two sources who work in government told Postmedia independent of each other that press secretaries have been instructed not to answer media requests on the topic and defer all communications to the premier’s office. Reporters have been seeking answers to questions about how many cabinet ministers attended how many playoff games in luxury boxes after the Globe and Mail reported several ministers and staff did so in the suite of MHCare, the company selected by the government to import its ill-fated $80 million purchase of children’s pain medication from Turkey in late 2022 . The medication expires in January of 2026 but Alberta Health Services has said it’s still considering its options for the supply.
It arrived too late for the shortage it was intended to address, and hospitals stopped using it within six months due to concerns over its weaker concentration and thicker consistency that could clog feeding tubes. The premier’s office .