1/5 🩺 ER EMERGENCY 🩺
Alberta NDP issues desperate call to action.
Hospitals are breaking under the strain, operating at up to 115% capacity.
With patients treated in hallways & wait times spiraling, they demand the UCP declare a formal State of Emergency.
#AbHealth #AbLeg #Healthcare #AbPoli
Alberta NDP issues desperate call to action.
Hospitals are breaking under the strain, operating at up to 115% capacity.
With patients treated in hallways & wait times spiraling, they demand the UCP declare a formal State of Emergency.
#AbHealth #AbLeg #Healthcare #AbPoli
February 5, 2026 at 7:04 AM
1/5 🩺 ER EMERGENCY 🩺
Alberta NDP issues desperate call to action.
Hospitals are breaking under the strain, operating at up to 115% capacity.
With patients treated in hallways & wait times spiraling, they demand the UCP declare a formal State of Emergency.
#AbHealth #AbLeg #Healthcare #AbPoli
Alberta NDP issues desperate call to action.
Hospitals are breaking under the strain, operating at up to 115% capacity.
With patients treated in hallways & wait times spiraling, they demand the UCP declare a formal State of Emergency.
#AbHealth #AbLeg #Healthcare #AbPoli
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"... thru Canada’s trade agreements with the US & other countries opening a back door to the same thing in every other province & territory — it uses private insurance to undermine public health care."
#abhealth
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"... thru Canada’s trade agreements with the US & other countries opening a back door to the same thing in every other province & territory — it uses private insurance to undermine public health care."
#abhealth
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"... thru Canada’s trade agreements with the US & other countries opening a back door to the same thing in every other province & territory — it uses private insurance to undermine public health care."
#abhealth
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"... thru Canada’s trade agreements with the US & other countries opening a back door to the same thing in every other province & territory — it uses private insurance to undermine public health care."
#abhealth
Worth mentioning:
Thanks to all the efforts me and my UCP have dedicated to fixing AHS we wasted nearly $10 million taxpayer dollars on severance packages alone due to all the people we let go.
Read: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Thanks to all the efforts me and my UCP have dedicated to fixing AHS we wasted nearly $10 million taxpayer dollars on severance packages alone due to all the people we let go.
Read: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee
That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Worth mentioning:
Thanks to all the efforts me and my UCP have dedicated to fixing AHS we wasted nearly $10 million taxpayer dollars on severance packages alone due to all the people we let go.
Read: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Thanks to all the efforts me and my UCP have dedicated to fixing AHS we wasted nearly $10 million taxpayer dollars on severance packages alone due to all the people we let go.
Read: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Experts say the dual-practice model proposed is unprecedented in Canada. medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #MedHat #AbLeg #AbHealth
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Experts say the dual-practice model proposed is unprecedented in Canada. medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #MedHat #AbLeg #AbHealth
1/7 🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA'S ER DIAGNOSIS 🩺 🇨🇦
New research confirms what frontline staff have long suspected.
Hospital overcrowding—not just the number of patients walking in—is the primary driver of dangerous wait times.
Jennifer Lee reports
#AbHealth #Healthcare #yyc #yeg
#MedSky #AbPoli #AbLeg #UCP
New research confirms what frontline staff have long suspected.
Hospital overcrowding—not just the number of patients walking in—is the primary driver of dangerous wait times.
Jennifer Lee reports
#AbHealth #Healthcare #yyc #yeg
#MedSky #AbPoli #AbLeg #UCP
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 AM
We’re bringing Albertans together to have an honest discussion about two of the most urgent issues facing us today:
The growing threat of separatism and the worsening health care crisis.
Grab a seat, text a friend, and tune in at 7 PM on Tues, Feb 3.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/under...
The growing threat of separatism and the worsening health care crisis.
Grab a seat, text a friend, and tune in at 7 PM on Tues, Feb 3.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/under...
Under Pressure: Alberta's Health Care System and the Threat of Separatism
Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 AM
1/12 🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA LEGALIZES TWO-TIER HEALTH CARE 🩺 🇨🇦
Dec 18, Alberta became the first province to legislate a two-tier system.
#Bill11 undermines #Medicare. Doctors can bill privately while keeping one foot in the public door.
Longhurst & Graff-McRae report
#CdnPoli #AbLeg #HealthCare #AbHealth
Dec 18, Alberta became the first province to legislate a two-tier system.
#Bill11 undermines #Medicare. Doctors can bill privately while keeping one foot in the public door.
Longhurst & Graff-McRae report
#CdnPoli #AbLeg #HealthCare #AbHealth
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
1/7 🇨🇦 🦠 ALBERTA DELAYED INFANT'S DEATH REPORT 🦠 🇨🇦
A premature baby died from measles in July—the province's first death of this outbreak.
The public didn't know until October.
Alanna Smith on the internal debate keeping tragedy under wraps.
#AbHealth #Measles #PublicHealth #IDSky #AbPoli #MedSky
A premature baby died from measles in July—the province's first death of this outbreak.
The public didn't know until October.
Alanna Smith on the internal debate keeping tragedy under wraps.
#AbHealth #Measles #PublicHealth #IDSky #AbPoli #MedSky
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The campaign by Alberta’s #UCP to remake the province’s health-care system has created chaos.
But, according to a Tyee analysis, there has also been a steep financial cost. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports.
But, according to a Tyee analysis, there has also been a steep financial cost. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports.
Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee
That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
We’re bringing Albertans together to have an honest discussion about two of the most urgent issues facing us today:
The growing threat of separatism and the worsening health care crisis.
Grab a seat, text a friend, and tune in at 7 PM on Tues, Feb 3.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/under...
The growing threat of separatism and the worsening health care crisis.
Grab a seat, text a friend, and tune in at 7 PM on Tues, Feb 3.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/under...
Under Pressure: Alberta's Health Care System and the Threat of Separatism
Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca
February 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
![“People have said the Klein government was the high-water mark for mismanaging the health-care system,” Hardcastle said.
“But honestly, I think that Premier [Danielle] Smith is giving him a run for his money in terms of failure to address obvious problems, and bringing in reforms that are not evidence based.”
“If we look back in history, she is certainly among the worst in the last many decades, if not the worst.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ch5tq3gtt2rms3qvjuswoaxc/bafkreib7o3mnzbfzkjpvpowxqfu4egjr5in6h6vdyngrpjkwgjvw76potq@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Alberta’s hospitals and emergency rooms are in crisis.
Add your name below to tell the government: DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
Visit www.albertandpcaucus.ca/take-action/... to sign the petition!
#BetterIsPossible #abpoli #ableg #abhealth
Add your name below to tell the government: DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
Visit www.albertandpcaucus.ca/take-action/... to sign the petition!
#BetterIsPossible #abpoli #ableg #abhealth
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Alberta’s hospitals and emergency rooms are in crisis.
Add your name below to tell the government: DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
Visit www.albertandpcaucus.ca/take-action/... to sign the petition!
#BetterIsPossible #abpoli #ableg #abhealth
Add your name below to tell the government: DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
Visit www.albertandpcaucus.ca/take-action/... to sign the petition!
#BetterIsPossible #abpoli #ableg #abhealth
1/6 🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA ER "TRIAGE SHIFTS" DELAYED 🩺 🇨🇦
A new program to add physician shifts to crowded Alberta emergency rooms has stalled before it even began.
The delay comes amid unresolved talks over pay and liability.
Lisa Johnson reports.
#AbHealth #CdnHealth #AbLeg #AbPoli #MedSky #PublicHealth
A new program to add physician shifts to crowded Alberta emergency rooms has stalled before it even began.
The delay comes amid unresolved talks over pay and liability.
Lisa Johnson reports.
#AbHealth #CdnHealth #AbLeg #AbPoli #MedSky #PublicHealth
February 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
1/6 🇨🇦 🩺 ALBERTA ER "TRIAGE SHIFTS" DELAYED 🩺 🇨🇦
A new program to add physician shifts to crowded Alberta emergency rooms has stalled before it even began.
The delay comes amid unresolved talks over pay and liability.
Lisa Johnson reports.
#AbHealth #CdnHealth #AbLeg #AbPoli #MedSky #PublicHealth
A new program to add physician shifts to crowded Alberta emergency rooms has stalled before it even began.
The delay comes amid unresolved talks over pay and liability.
Lisa Johnson reports.
#AbHealth #CdnHealth #AbLeg #AbPoli #MedSky #PublicHealth
Alberta hospital reaches settlement in death of newborn #abhealth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Perfect storm' of medical missteps cost newborn his life, Edmonton mother says | CBC News
An Edmonton couple is sharing the details of their baby's death with CBC News in the hopes revelations about his traumatic delivery can help prevent similar tragedies. Huxley Bowes' death, and the inv...
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Alberta hospital reaches settlement in death of newborn #abhealth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“The Canada Health Act guarantees reasonable access to medically necessary care. This is being violated daily, everywhere. The Act is meaningless if it is not enforced.”
Jurisdictional comfort over accountability.
#abhealth #canpoli
Jurisdictional comfort over accountability.
#abhealth #canpoli
canadahealthwatch.ca...
Take a read.
A national call to action.
"Governments at every level can no longer ignore the consequences of inaction."
...
"Failing to act is not neutrality. It is a decision."
Take a read.
A national call to action.
"Governments at every level can no longer ignore the consequences of inaction."
...
"Failing to act is not neutrality. It is a decision."
Deaths in ER waiting rooms are a policy choice
Sometimes they make the news. Most of the time, they don’t.
canadahealthwatch.ca
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Americans streets are unsafe. Rampant gun violence, crisis in healthcare, life unaffordable, ICE lawlessness, corrupt executive, cowed legislature, rule of law & courts ignored.
Smith calls Noem, DeDantis et al "heroes". Vote for sanity. Vote out #UCP. #ableg #abed #abhealth #yeg #ymm #yql #yyc
Smith calls Noem, DeDantis et al "heroes". Vote for sanity. Vote out #UCP. #ableg #abed #abhealth #yeg #ymm #yql #yyc
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
www.rawstory.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:53 PM
1/9
🇨🇦 🩺 TIMELINE: #MHCARE & AHS CORRUPT-CARE SCANDAL 🩺 🇨🇦
How a $75M deal for Turkish Tylenol spiraled into firing a CEO, surveillance of journalists, and "political hit man" allegations.
A chronological breakdown of the controversy rocking #Alberta.
#AbPoli #AHS #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
🇨🇦 🩺 TIMELINE: #MHCARE & AHS CORRUPT-CARE SCANDAL 🩺 🇨🇦
How a $75M deal for Turkish Tylenol spiraled into firing a CEO, surveillance of journalists, and "political hit man" allegations.
A chronological breakdown of the controversy rocking #Alberta.
#AbPoli #AHS #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
February 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
1/8
🇨🇦 AHS LEGAL DRAMA ESCALATES WITH CONTEMPT MOTION 🇨🇦
A former health authority board member claims an Edmonton lawyer orchestrated a "political hit" campaign of surveillance and harassment to silence him.
Tu Thanh Ha reports
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
🇨🇦 AHS LEGAL DRAMA ESCALATES WITH CONTEMPT MOTION 🇨🇦
A former health authority board member claims an Edmonton lawyer orchestrated a "political hit" campaign of surveillance and harassment to silence him.
Tu Thanh Ha reports
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
February 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM
1/8
🇨🇦 AHS LEGAL DRAMA ESCALATES WITH CONTEMPT MOTION 🇨🇦
A former health authority board member claims an Edmonton lawyer orchestrated a "political hit" campaign of surveillance and harassment to silence him.
Tu Thanh Ha reports
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
🇨🇦 AHS LEGAL DRAMA ESCALATES WITH CONTEMPT MOTION 🇨🇦
A former health authority board member claims an Edmonton lawyer orchestrated a "political hit" campaign of surveillance and harassment to silence him.
Tu Thanh Ha reports
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
1/8
🇨🇦 💉 ALBERTA VACCINE RATES PLUMMET BY HALF 💉 🇨🇦
The #UCP decision to impose a $100 fee has cut #COVID-19 immunizations by 50 per cent.
Critics argue the confusion and costs were designed to fail.
Brishti Basu reports
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #SkyHealth #MedSky #SciSky #JournoSky #AbPoli #AbHealth
🇨🇦 💉 ALBERTA VACCINE RATES PLUMMET BY HALF 💉 🇨🇦
The #UCP decision to impose a $100 fee has cut #COVID-19 immunizations by 50 per cent.
Critics argue the confusion and costs were designed to fail.
Brishti Basu reports
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #SkyHealth #MedSky #SciSky #JournoSky #AbPoli #AbHealth
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
1/8
🇨🇦 💉 ALBERTA VACCINE RATES PLUMMET BY HALF 💉 🇨🇦
The #UCP decision to impose a $100 fee has cut #COVID-19 immunizations by 50 per cent.
Critics argue the confusion and costs were designed to fail.
Brishti Basu reports
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #SkyHealth #MedSky #SciSky #JournoSky #AbPoli #AbHealth
🇨🇦 💉 ALBERTA VACCINE RATES PLUMMET BY HALF 💉 🇨🇦
The #UCP decision to impose a $100 fee has cut #COVID-19 immunizations by 50 per cent.
Critics argue the confusion and costs were designed to fail.
Brishti Basu reports
#AbLeg #CdnHealth #SkyHealth #MedSky #SciSky #JournoSky #AbPoli #AbHealth
Great article ...
"So, the next time government officials promise to “improve access,” we should all ask: access to what? Because without quality, greater access doesn’t fix the system — it just opens the door to more risk."
#abhealth #ahs #abgov #abpoli
"So, the next time government officials promise to “improve access,” we should all ask: access to what? Because without quality, greater access doesn’t fix the system — it just opens the door to more risk."
#abhealth #ahs #abgov #abpoli
Great editorial...
"That’s why quality programs matter. They protect patients, drive efficiency, and keep the system sustainable. Yet in times of restructuring, these programs are often the first to go."
"That’s why quality programs matter. They protect patients, drive efficiency, and keep the system sustainable. Yet in times of restructuring, these programs are often the first to go."
Opinion: Health-care access without quality is an empty promise
So, the next time government officials promise to “improve access,” we should all ask: access to what?
edmontonjournal.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Albertans are waiting too long for surgeries and healthcare!
Our new 4 silo approach with 7 health corridors and new contracts with charter surgical facilities will fix this problem in 90 days!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Our new 4 silo approach with 7 health corridors and new contracts with charter surgical facilities will fix this problem in 90 days!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Alberta heart, cancer patients waiting too long for critical surgery, health experts warn | CBC News
While a record number of surgeries is being performed in the province, the number of people on Alberta's waitlist is longer than it was two years ago. And the latest provincial data shows less than tw...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Albertans are waiting too long for surgeries and healthcare!
Our new 4 silo approach with 7 health corridors and new contracts with charter surgical facilities will fix this problem in 90 days!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
Our new 4 silo approach with 7 health corridors and new contracts with charter surgical facilities will fix this problem in 90 days!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW #abhealth
As @jenleecbc.bsky.social reports, many Alberta patients are not getting cardiac or cancer surgery within recommended times, and increasing private surgical capacity hasn’t improved the situation to date #AbLeg #AbHealth
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta heart, cancer patients waiting too long for critical surgery, health experts warn | CBC News
While a record number of surgeries is being performed in the province, the number of people on Alberta's waitlist is longer than it was two years ago. And the latest provincial data shows less than tw...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
As @jenleecbc.bsky.social reports, many Alberta patients are not getting cardiac or cancer surgery within recommended times, and increasing private surgical capacity hasn’t improved the situation to date #AbLeg #AbHealth
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...