The Legislative Assembly is set to begin Thursday, February 4th at 3pm. This is an exciting year of opportunities for the Alberta Liberal Caucus. As your MLA, and the Leader of the Official Opposition, I have heard from Albertans across the province that simply want common sense in our government!
We’re looking for [...]
The Alberta Liberal Caucus’ website, liepertmustgo.ca, continues to attract over 200 visits per day and has now received close to 1000 submissions from Albertans who are sharing their experiences with Alberta Health Services under the current Minister.
The Liberal Caucus has appealed last week’s order by the Legislature Assembly Office to take down the site, [...]
Pandemic influenza is here but should not cause panic. It is similar to seasonal influenza and personal hygiene can prevent much disease. High risk individuals must be given first access to the vaccine. Then others should be vaccinated to reduce spread.
As line-ups continue across the province today, I am hearing from many concerned Albertans about [...]
As leader of the Official Opposition, I’m calling on Ron Liepert to resign, or be fired.
Thousands of high-risk Albertans who should be inoculated against H1N1 have not had access to the potentially life-saving vaccine. After days of six-hour line-ups and inconsistent messages from both the Premier and the Health minister, the Stelmach administration abruptly [...]
As nine H1N1 vaccination clinics opened their doors Monday morning in Calgary and Edmonton, they greeted thousands of people, many small children and seniors. Line ups were long, and many “high risk” candidates were forced to spend hours standing outside as clinics were under order to “not turn anyone away.”
On Monday in the opening question [...]
The cuts to acute care beds announced last week will have an impact equivalent to losing a major hospital.
To read more from press around the province about the government’s planned cuts to acute care beds in Calgary and Edmonton click on the links below:
The Calgary Herald
The Edmonton Sun
The Lethbridge Herald
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The Stelmach administration is a new kind of administration for Alberta – one that governs by doing nothing and crossing its fingers, hoping for better times to magically appear. This is a time of great economic turmoil all over the world, and the Premier, having squandered Alberta’s wealth, just doesn’t know how to deal with [...]
Health officials announced this week that the $222-million expansion of Peter Lougheed Hospital will not open any new beds to Calgary patients. This is very disappointing news, and a demonstration of the lack of foresight and planning for an increasing and aging population by this government.
How can a government fail to plan for operating [...]
Here are a few recent articles dealing with important issues from my collegues at the Alberta Liberal Caucus.
First step to a balanced budget: stop the severance bonus round from Hugh MacDonald, Official Opposition Finance critic.
Thinking outside the borders for fiscal discipline from Bridget Pastoor, Official Opposition critic for International and Intergovernmental Relations.
Advisory Committee on Health is [...]