Ex-Reform leader Preston Manning picked to chair review of Alberta’s COVID response | National Newswatch

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EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to chair it.

The panel is not only look at government decision-making, but also its effects on jobs, children, mental health, and protection of rights and freedoms. Polak said Manning would be stepping aside from his role at the National Citizens Inquiry to avoid any conflict of interest. “Over a quarter of a million dollars is a lot of Albertans’ money to hire someone to chair a committee that has obviously been struck for political gain,” said Shepherd in a statement.

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