Lorne Gunter: Alberta NDP also has ties to company at centre of health-care controversy
Screenshot from NDP MLA's Instagram page showing Eggen and Sam Mraiche following the provincial Throne Speech in 2020. Mraiche was a guest of Notley at the speech. Supplied
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