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Medicare, labour groups say Alberta Health Act could lead to more private care
Oct 12, 2010

EDMONTON – Medicare and labour groups want Alberta to shelve planned changes to laws that govern the province’s health-care system. The Friends of Medicare says the new Alberta Health Act […]

Friends of Medicare launches campaign to drop health law changes: Legal opinion commissioned by AFL says proposed changes are undemocratic
Oct 12, 2010

Edmonton – Friends of Medicare (FoM) today launches a new campaign to persuade Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky to abandon proposed changes to provincial health laws. “It’s time to move on […]

Lobby groups team up to fight health legislation
Oct 12, 2010

Friends of Medicare and the Alberta Federation of Labour are joining forces in an effort to derail the proposed Alberta Health Act, which is expected to be introduced this fall […]

Message to Health Minister Zwozdesky: Don’t Tear Up the Laws!
Oct 12, 2010

This fall, an advisory committee to the Minister of Health recommended that Alberta tear up its health care laws in favour of vague and unclear statements of “principles” and “guidelines.” […]

Alta. must look to past for a strong future, SACPA told
Oct 8, 2010

Alberta needs a revolution in political thinking and that will require going back to the future to recall the kind of thinking that helped establish the province. A hundred years […]

Government launches workplace safety database
Oct 2, 2010

Workers in Alberta can now look up the health and safety record of their employers online, but critics aren’t convinced the information tells the full story. The government launched the […]