The surest way to screw up Doug Wylie’s office is to appoint a more complacent auditor general and install her or him at a crucial point in the investigation

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

On Monday morning, the UCP voted to get rid of the guy who’s investigating the health contract scandal.

Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.

Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.

Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.

Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.

That’s Doug Wylie, Alberta’s auditor general. UCP committee members voted to hunt for his replacement.

Wylie’s contract expires at the end of April. He isn’t sure he can get the health procurement report done by then.

“But I’m focused 150 per cent on the work of the office until I walk out of that place,” Wylie told me after he learned his fate.

“I’m trying to make sure that we can get that wrapped, but if not wrapped, very close to being finalized.

Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.

By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.

The next issue of Headline News will soon be in your inbox.

We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again

Interested in more newsletters? Browse here.

“If it’s not, you’re going to have to ask the new auditor general. But we’re trying to do everything we can, and that is my entire focus.”

Wylie had offered to serve another two years to finish this and other inquiries, including the cost of massive health-care restructuring.

The UCP........

© Edmonton Journal