Monday, September 12, 2016

More Questions:


In my previous blog entry I was writing about the Salary Disclosures for government employees who make over 60,000 a year. Highlighting the Department of Health and Horizon Health Network. In doing the research for the blog entry. More questions came up. I felt the questions were relevant to do a separate blog entry. If I am asking these questions….others are asking these questions.

How many employees in Horizon Health Network make under 60,000 a year? Those numbers are relevant as well.

Which reports are these salaries factored into? The Department of Health reports for healthcare? The Horizon Health Network Annual Reports for Statement of Operations?

Why does the CEO of Horizon Health Network fall under the Department of Health salary disclosure and not fall under the Horizon Health Network salary disclosure?

Vitalité’s previous CEO Rino Volpé also falls under the Department of Health. Not under Vitalité’s Salary Disclosure. Why?

Why was CEO Rino Volpé fired by the Minister of Health (Victor Boudreau)? Oh yes, this is highly relevant! It was not a board decision. That was a Victor Boudreau decision.


Rino Volpé is now suing the Province of New Brunswick for almost 1.3 million dollars. This leads to more questions.


What fund will this come from?

Was John McGarry (CEO of Horizon Health Network) forced to retire?

Or was he about to get fired by Victor Boudreau?

Oh wait…chances are it would look REALLY bad if two health authorities CEO were fired within 1-2 years of each other. STEALTH MODE!


                If you do not play the game…you get ousted. You either get fired or they make your life a living hell to the point that you quit/resign or if eligible…retire. It’s ok for the select group to do whatever they want to---it’s not ok for the ones who do not play the game.

Is that is what is happening here as well?

Why is it that the Health Minister Victor Boudreau can fire a CEO of a health network, yet not tell a health network “you are not shutting down Charlotte County Hospital’s OR”, or any services or facilities that are currently operating?

August 11, 2016 CBC.ca title of article “Victor Boudreau Hopes Charlotte County OR can stay open.”

Health Minister Victor Boudreau hasn't given up hope of finding a way to keep the surgical program at Charlotte County Hospital in St. Stephen open.”

“Charlotte County residents requiring surgery will be treated at other Horizon Health facilities, they said.” Saint John or Fredericton.


Here’s the WHY:

 As I said in my letter to Premier Brian Gallant –it’s CYA. Remember “you gotta play the game.” Why tell the health network (the CEO) what to do, even though you have the “power” to….when you can possibly look like the hero?

There are people out there that do this. There’s studies on it. If you have ever taken a psychology class you have studied it. If you have ever watched criminal TV shows you have seen the story lines. The firefighter is actually the firebug because they need to look like the hero. Just because the criminal tv or movie states it’s not based upon actual events…It is. You know some Dumb A has done it. It’s also why disclaimers were created “Warning do not try this at home.”

However, for Premier (Brian Gallant) and his government (Victor Boudreau….etc), it comes down to votes. In order to build themselves up….someone has to get torn down. It’s called scapegoat. No…McGarry is not off the hook, because I think him and others with in the Horizon Health Network  have mismanaged the network. John McGarry is not the sole person to blame. If a Health Minister has the brass to fire a CEO…he/she has the brass to keep or take away services. They all fall under the Premier. So any Premier who is in term…condones it.

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