Alberta auditor general to examine failed community lab testing privatization program

Alberta’s auditor general says he will investigate what went wrong with the United Conservative Party government’s abandoned plan to privatize community lab testing province-wide.

Doug Wylie’s office says in a statement that he will examine procurement and contracting processes.

He plans to make a report available early next year.

Alberta’s Opposition NDP had asked Wylie to investigate the deal, saying Premier Danielle Smith’s government cannot be trusted to determine or divulge what went wrong.