Shandro's behaviour raises questions about his suitability as health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic, said political scientist Lori Turnbull, director of Dalhousie University's School of Public Administration in Halifax. The emails include a threat to send the legislature's security services after one person and calling another 'crazy' for raising concerns about his alleged conflict.

Email exchangesĬBC News has also obtained email exchanges between Shandro and private citizens. Late last week, the United Conservative Party government released a letter from Alberta's ethics commissioner, Marguerite Trussler, which said Shandro is not a director of the company, had transferred his shares to a blind trust, and is in compliance with the Conflicts of Interest Act. Andrea Shandro's sister is the other owner. Incorporation documents show Shandro and his wife are part-owners of Vital Partners through their holding company, Shandro Holdings. The Shandros were subjected to a flurry of sometimes vicious personal attacks on social media after it was revealed last week that Andrea Shandro operates a Calgary company called Vital Partners Inc.Īmong other services, Vital Partners brokers supplementary health insurance, including for some coverage delisted through recent legislative changes advanced by Shandro. Shandro, through a spokesperson, confirmed that he and his wife went to the doctor's house on Saturday evening to talk to the doctor about the meme. The Facebook image referenced an alleged conflict of interest involving the Calgary MLA, his wife Andrea Shandro and a supplementary health benefits company of which they are part-owners. Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro and his wife are accused of berating a Calgary doctor at his house in front of his wife and children for reposting a derogatory meme on Facebook.

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