Controversies
As Minister of Health and Wellness, Mar awarded a contract worth over $389,000 of taxpayers' money, without going through an official competitive government tender process, to Charlebois Consulting Limited, a consulting firm owned by his former executive assistant, Kelley Charlebois. The purpose of the contract was purported to provide advice to the government. During question period in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Dr. Kevin Taft, Leader of the Official Opposition, asked what reports were provided by Charlebois Consulting had produced for the government, Mar responded that "there are no reports as such."
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