November 2024

By Rachel Steel

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The Alberta government is implementing several controversial policies raising concerns about workers’ rights, healthcare, and transparency.

Key issues include:

• Freeze on the minimum wage despite rising inflation.
• Restrictions on public sector wage bargaining and measures could limit workers’ ability to strike.
• Potential privatization of services, including the takeover of rural hospitals by Covenant Health and the shifting of funding to private clinics for surgical backlogs.
• Removal of minimum care standards for Continuing Care.
• New legislation around parental rights and healthcare access.