Health care, sovereignty act focus of upcoming Alberta legislature fall sitting
By The Canadian Press on November 28, 2022.
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition NDP says it plans to hold the United Conservative government’s feet to the fire on public health care as the house reconvenes for the fall sitting. NDP House Leader Christina Gray says her caucus will be introducing its own private member’s bill this week that promises to protect and improve public health care. The NDP has raised concerns that Premier Danielle Smith will follow through on policy ideas she put forward last year exploring co-pays and deductibles to have patients cover off some of the costs of their own surgeries. Smith has since affirmed she’s committed to public health care. Gray says the NDP will also fight the government’s proposed sovereignty act, which would assert the province’s ability to ignore federal laws it deems unconstitutional. Gray says the idea is scaring away investment. The house reconvenes Tuesday with a throne speech and is set to wrap up just before Christmas. 8-7
