Thread by @RachelNotley

Today, I am calling on Premier @jkenney to immediately re-introduce public health measures to protect Albertans from the rising danger of the COVID-19 pandemic’s third wave.

Albertans’ lives are at stake and there are proven measures that could be protecting them. 1/10 #ableg

The Premier laid out a compelling case to take action and then failed to act. Jason Kenney is a weak and ineffective premier. 2/10 #ableg #abhealth

In his remarks on April 1, just before the Easter long weekend, Kenney said, “we know with great certainty that we will have close to 500 COVID patients in hospital just two weeks from now. If growth continues on its current pace, that will turn into about 1,000..." 3/10 #ableg

Kenney also described the new COVID variants as “more virulent” and “more lethal.”

Let’s be clear. Jason Kenney said that hundreds upon hundreds of people will be hospitalized in the next 14 days and then did absolutely nothing to prevent it. 4/10 #ableg #abhealth

He said if we stay on this current path we will have 1,000 people in hospital with COVID inside of a month — more than we have ever seen at any point in this pandemic — and yet he did nothing to change course. 5/10 #ableg #abhealth

The Official Opposition is calling for a re-introduction of the government’s January 18 public health restrictions, which effectively contained the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in Alberta, but with schools remaining open for the time being. 6/10 #ableg #abhealth

The Opposition also urges the government to convene an urgent conversation with teachers and school districts to determine how to keep students, staff, and families safe through to June. 7/10 #ableg #abhealth

This should include widespread rapid testing in schools, dedicated school contact tracing, the hiring of additional staff, and the creation of an Alberta Learn From Home fund. 8/10 #ableg #abhealth

Renewed restrictions wll require renewed support for Albertans, including the $125 million in unspent money from the Small Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant program, and the more than $100 million in federal money meant for the still-unlaunched Alberta Jobs Now program. 9/10

As well, Jason Kenney must release the internal modelling and written recommendations from Dr. Deena Hinshaw that he has hidden from Albertans. He must re-introduce the measures that effectively contained the spread of COVID over the winter — and he must do it today. 10/10 #ableg