Alberta doctors and registered nurses are quitting their jobs and moving their careers to other provinces due to ongoing hostility from Premier Jason Kenney’s government.
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Jason Kenney’s fight with doctors is only the tip of the iceberg. Alberta families will have less access to healthcare because the UCP is cutting health care and education to pay for a $4.7-billion handout to profitable corporations.
Heather and Darrell Adams are both RNs working in Edmonton. Heather was born and raised in Edmonton, and is leaving a job at a community-delivered harm reduction program. Darrell grew up in Grande Prairie and is leaving a job at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
One of their sons, Parker, is losing his PUF support at school due to UCP cuts.
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“Watching cuts happen over and over again with no regard to patient safety, we couldn’t keep waiting for our lives to be significantly affected, both for our sons and ourselves. It was either make the decision to go or stay here and wait for more cuts, for the fiscal reckoning."
The Adams’ have no confidence that nurses will be treated fairly by the Kenney government after witnessing Tyler Shandro’s behaviour towards doctors, and the passage of Bill 21 last year.
In response to all of these pressures, Darrel and Heather and their sons are moving to British Columbia later this week.
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