Thread by @gilmcgowan

Kenney & his lapdog Staples are at it again: using the pandemic as a pretext to justify health care privatization. Why don’t we have enough ICU beds and staff? B/c of years of conservative underfunding! Why are staff leaving? B/c conservatives treat them like crap! #abpoli

Staples says: “Changing approaches is also in order. Any number of new programs and processes are worth a try if they increase the drivers of systemic efficiency, such as transparency, accountability and competition.” This is a privatization dog whistle.

And it’s pretty rich when Kenney says he’s “done everything possible” to increase capacity in our health care system during the pandemic. The truth is, he’s chase doctors and nurses out of the profession and out of the province.

And Alberta under the UCP is the only province to actually CUT health spending during the pandemic. Kenney says one thing but his actions say the opposite. afl.org/jason_kenney_a…

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