After working just one year and 32 days of her four-year contract, Athana Mentzelopoulos is no longer president and CEO of Alberta Health Services.

Did the former Alberta and B.C. senior civil servant jump or was she pushed?

It’s not clear. We’ll likely never get a straight answer from Premier Danielle Smith or anyone else in her United Conservative Party Government, but we might find some clues in what the government had to say yesterday about the latest chaos at the former provincial health authority.

Because Ms. Mentzelopoulos started work on Dec. 7, 2023, as long as she wasn’t fired for just cause, according to Article 5.3 (e) of her contract she’s now owed her entire base salary of $583,443 for 2025.