WRHA chair resigns after foreign travel
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This article was published 02/02/2021 (2047 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The chief of the board of directors for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has resigned from his position after discussions with Premier Brian Pallister’s office, the premier announced in a statement to media sent out late Monday afternoon.
As first reported by Winnipeg Free Press reporter Larry Kusch on Jan. 26, McWhirter is currently in Arizona after travelling there, and has been performing his duties remotely.
Pallister also announced everyone appointed to boards, agencies and commissions by orders-in-council are no longer allowed to travel outside “permitted travel areas,” citing concerns over new variants of COVID-19 as the reason.
The news drew criticism after the political appointee became the third high-profile case of a public figure travelling outside the province during code red restrictions after Progressive Conservative MLA James Teitsma took a road trip to British Columbia during the holidays and top civil servant David McLaughlin travelled to his Ottawa home to work remotely.
Teitsma was removed from a legislative committee appointment, while McLaughlin was not reprimanded.
Last week, the WRHA board, Health Minister Heather Stefanson and Pallister said that McWhirter would not be removed for travelling outside the country during the pandemic.
During a press conference last week, Pallister excoriated Kusch for asking about McWhirter’s travel, criticized the Free Press for focusing on negative stories and called Kusch’s professional integrity into question.
He also criticized the Free Press for writing stories about his travel to Costa Rica while not writing about the Trudeau family’s vacation expenses.
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