TORONTO – Ontario’s health minister says ex-Ornge CEO Chris Mazza’s claim that he would have changed course at Ontario’s air ambulance service if she’d asked is “pure nonsense.”
   
 Deb Matthews insists Ontario’s troubled air ambulance service went rogue and Mazza wouldn’t meet with her to talk about his undisclosed $1.4-million compensation.
   
The minister had testified in March, but her version of events was challenged by Mazza during an emotional appearance nearly two weeks ago.
   
She said Ornge stonewalled government officials about salaries and a complex web of for-profit companies that were supposed to generate revenue for the publicly funded service.
 
But Mazza maintains the health ministry always knew about changes he was making and never told him he had veered off course.
   
The New Democrats recalled the minister to help clear up some of the contradictory testimony.