Alberta working on agreement to send Turkish pain medication to Ukraine: Smith

Premier Danielle Smith says her government is working on a deal to send scores of its controversial stash of unused children’s pain medication to Ukraine.

Smith says a group approached the government with the idea and the province is now looking for Health Canada approval.

The government paid $70 million to MHCare Medical for the medication in 2022 during a countrywide shortage.

Alberta only received about 30 per cent of the shipment and the company that provided it is now embroiled in a provincial contracting scandal.