Albertans have yet to receive a full accounting from the provincial government as to how at least $75 million was spent in late 2022 to acquire vast amounts of children’s pain medication from Turkey.

Most of that medication arrived well after a national shortage had been resolved, and a considerable amount never arrived at all. Much of the unused product that did eventually make its way here will likely go to waste.

The province has deflected blame and criticism by noting its good intention, to try to alleviate the shortage of children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen. However, that doesn’t make it any less of a boondoggle.

While Alberta taxpayers are still wondering how so much of their money got squandered in the first place, we now get to have our noses rubbed in the fact that this whole debacle worked out very well for certain people — including some in government.

Late last year, the Alberta government ushered through some........

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