Albertans hoping for clarity on a sprawling health contract corruption scandal were told today that the much-hyped interim report is, well, neither interim nor a report. Government officials admitted the draft isn’t finished, won’t be made public when it is, and may ultimately end up in the same locked drawer as Bigfoot DNA samples and UFO crash reports.
The inquiry, launched after revelations that certain health contracts seemed to favor “friends of friends,” has so far produced little more than billable hours for lawyers and consultants. A government spokesperson insisted the process is “robust, transparent, and deeply confidential.”
Opposition critics called the move “a cover-up so obvious it should come with a neon sign,” while ordinary Albertans shrugged, noting that public accountability has long been treated like a luxury service: expensive, unavailable, and usually outsourced. For now, the health system remains sick, but the lawyers appear to be in excellent condition.
