[David A]

Well the last thing most governments want to be is accountable for mistakes or problems. Likewise opposition leaders usually have no record and so would rather just criticize the government and be as vague as possible about what they would do.

In the end its up to voters to hold both parties feet to the fire and make them more accountable and not be distracted by the things politicians want to focus on to distract us.

 

[archited]

Intelligent thought from Queen D is about as rare as rocking-horse shit.

 

[Glenco]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/court-alberta-public-health-restrictions-constitutional-challenge-decision-1.6923171

 

[The_Cat]

Alberta clinic halts plan to charge fees for faster access to family physician

The new fee program at the Marda Loop Medical Clinic was to start today, but Alberta Health says clinic has told government it won’t proceed

edmontonjournal.com

 

[TAS]

Renewable energy workers say Alberta’s pause will wipe out season of work

Iron and Earth says the UCP's moratorium on new solar and wind projects will wipe out an entire season of work

calgaryherald.com

 

[The_Cat]

Perhaps the province will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline when it’s done!

 

[kcantor]

sooo...

in announcing the province's acquisition of dynalife, the minister said that "saiting weeks in some communities to book an appointment, or to get test results back, is just not right, and it's not acceptable."

maybe we should de-privatize our hospitals for the same reason? oh wait, we did that a long time ago.

maybe it's not the ownership that's really the issue?

Alberta government to de-privatize Dynalife's lab testing amid long wait times

All of Dynalife's staff, equipment and facilities to go to Alberta Precision Labs by the end of year in effort to address major delays

edmontonjournal.com

 

[yeggator]

Bet they're starting to regret cancelling that superlab...

 

[kcantor]

Bet they're starting to regret cancelling that superlab...

bwaaahaahaa…
If they don’t regret being responsible for this:

they’re not likely to regret the superlab.

come to think of it, is there anything they do admit to regretting?

 

[Glenco]

sooo...

in announcing the province's acquisition of dynalife, the minister said that "saiting weeks in some communities to book an appointment, or to get test results back, is just not right, and it's not acceptable."

maybe we should de-privatize our hospitals for the same reason? oh wait, we did that a long time ago.

maybe it's not the ownership that's really the issue?

Alberta government to de-privatize Dynalife's lab testing amid long wait times

All of Dynalife's staff, equipment and facilities to go to Alberta Precision Labs by the end of year in effort to address major delays

edmontonjournal.com

De-privatize. Cannot bring themselves to say nationalize.

 

[kcantor]

^

it also needs to be remembered that this was not a new or recent private sector venture into health care:

“DynaLife is a Canadian private healthcare organization, headquartered in Edmonton, where it started as Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories (DKML) in the 1980s. It is partly owned by its American-based Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp), who acquired Dynacare in 2002.”

they have had a long and successful history of provided lab services for northern alberta and the territories. the labs in the south half of the province that have experienced schedule delays and other issues were only just acquired between december ‘22 and february ‘23 and were previously public sector. why what worked well for four decades in half the province was unsuccessful in the other half to the degree it warranted a full capitulation in less than half a year i will leave for others to speculate on.

 

[David A]

One of the obvious problems of having a separate private firm run things like labs and testing is less integration with the health care system.

DynaLife's priorities may not always be the same as AHS's. Having a separate organization just makes doing things more complicated and time consuming.

 

[kcantor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1692987665426125210

worth the few minutes to watch to the end…

 

[Glenco]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1692987665426125210

worth the few minutes to watch to the end…

“Especially in the Calgary region “ is the key phrase.

 

[TravellingChris]

Bet they're starting to regret cancelling that superlab...

They would never admit it even if they did.

It puts to mind the federal Liberals' cancellation of the federal Conservative government's purchase of military helicopters. The acquisition was portrayed by the Liberals as an unaffordable extravagance during the 1993 election campaign. Over the following years, the military was forced to continue using increasingly rickety and unreliable helicopters. When the point came that a replacement absolutely HAD to be procured, the Liberals went to great lengths to avoid choosing exactly the same helicopter the Conservatives did, so as to avoid being criticized for political grandstanding over what was nevertheless an essential purchase.