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fromyeg said:
Is there a news article on this? Is it getting any attention?
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No attention whatsoever. Here's the notice she sent to her team (unverified but likely correct)
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It's the same playbook with every single conservative government, the service is working fine, they find something to whine about it so they can justify cutting spending, which then makes it struggle, so they can justify bringing in private solutions which (not so) coincidentally happen to be owned and operated by their wealthy donors.

It's a vicious cycle that always ends with the tax paying middle and lower class losing their needed services and the billionaires getting richer.
 
erudyk_29 said:
It's the same playbook with every single conservative government, the service is working fine, they find something to whine about it so they can justify cutting spending, which then makes it struggle, so they can justify bringing in private solutions which (not so) coincidentally happen to be owned and operated by their wealthy donors.

It's a vicious cycle that always ends with the tax paying middle and lower class losing their needed services and the billionaires getting richer.
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I believe it was said the other day that our Premier is gaslighting us and after thinking about it some I realize how.

She talks about the current scandal being an AHS problem and wanting to get to the bottom of it, but it is alleged her own (now former) Chief of Staff was trying to pressure the former AHS CEO (the one her Health Minister fired then fired) to accept inflated private contract prices with the support of the Health Minister.

Smith does not even seem to acknowledge her staff or Ministe'rs role in this, dismissing it as an "AHS problem". This is the gaslighting. No, it is really a Smith problem.
 

The former head of Alberta Health Services Athana Mentzelopoulos tried to caution the government about the potential impact of chartered surgical facilities on the provincial health-care system months before she was fired, CBC has learned.

Mentzelopoulos earlier this month filed a $1.7 million wrongful dismissal suit alleging she faced government pressure to sign off on commitments for new chartered surgical facilities (CSFs).

One of those was an approval of a contract extension for one vendor, Alberta Surgical Group (ASG), despite concerns she had that the costs were high compared to other contractors.

In a draft letter obtained by CBC News and referenced in her statement of claim, Mentzelopoulos wrote that "AHS remains committed to supporting CSFs and their role in the health system and recognizes the value that they bring including additional surgical capacity and improved access for scheduled surgeries."

But she also noted there are challenges as well.

She said that in addition to chartered surgical facilities costing more than the public system, there was concern they could siphon off critical staff from hospitals.

"These disruptions will have negative consequences for patients and communities, limiting timely access to emergent, urgent and medically complex surgeries such as cancer, general surgery, orthopedic and vascular surgery," she wrote.
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David A said:
I believe it was said the other day that our Premier is gaslighting us and after thinking about it some I realize how.

She talks about the current scandal being an AHS problem and wanting to get to the bottom of it, but it is alleged her own (now former) Chief of Staff was trying to pressure the former AHS CEO (the one her Health Minister fired then fired) to accept inflated private contract prices with the support of the Health Minister.

Smith does not even seem to acknowledge her staff or Ministe'rs role in this, dismissing it as an "AHS problem". This is the gaslighting. No, it is really a Smith problem.
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And she keeps Saying " she was not directly involved or responsible". Laying the groud work to throw more people under the bus.
 
Airboy said:
And she keeps Saying " she was not directly involved or responsible". Laying the groud work to throw more people under the bus.
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So, was she not responsible for her former Chief of Staff, about who some of the allegations are about?

Same for her Health Minister. Last time I checked, I think the Health Minister still reports and is responsible to the Premier. Again more gaslighting.

And if she was not directly involved, how about indirectly involved? I wonder why she doesn't include that?
 
Budget 2025 - https://www.alberta.ca/budget-documents#25-26

Edmonton Capital Budget highlights:
  • $100m U of A Biological Sciences building replacement
  • $41m NAIT Advanced Skills
  • $4m Norquest expansion planning
  • $8m Campus St. Jean upgrades
  • $81m Norwood Health Centre
  • $1m Stollery planning
  • $106m Edmonton Downtown and Coliseum site improvements
  • $2m Law Courts expansion planning
  • $13m Winspear expansion (previously announced)
  • MacEwan School of Business previously announced
  • $2.9B for Calgary and Edmonton LRT (3 years)
  • $556m for affordable housing over 3 years (includes Fed money)
 
Greenspace said:
Budget 2025 - https://www.alberta.ca/budget-documents#25-26

Edmonton Capital Budget highlights:
  • $100m U of A Biological Sciences building replacement
  • $41m NAIT Advanced Skills
  • $4m Norquest expansion planning
  • $8m Campus St. Jean upgrades
  • $81m Norwood Health Centre
  • $1m Stollery planning
  • $106m Edmonton Downtown and Coliseum site improvements
  • $2m Law Courts expansion planning
  • $13m Winspear expansion (previously announced)
  • MacEwan School of Business previously announced
  • $2.9B for Calgary and Edmonton LRT (3 years)
  • $556m for affordable housing over 3 years (includes Fed money)
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The lack of addressing GIPOT is disappointing - but ultimately it might be offset by the income tax adjustments.
 
@BASE posted about it in the Municipal thread:
  • $17.2 million to increase grants made to municipalities in lieu of property taxes on government-owned property to 75%, up from the current 50%. By next year, the province will cover 100% of the amount that would be paid if the property was taxable.
 
Greenspace said:
Budget 2025 - https://www.alberta.ca/budget-documents#25-26

Edmonton Capital Budget highlights:
  • $100m U of A Biological Sciences building replacement
  • $41m NAIT Advanced Skills
  • $4m Norquest expansion planning
  • $8m Campus St. Jean upgrades
  • $81m Norwood Health Centre
  • $1m Stollery planning
  • $106m Edmonton Downtown and Coliseum site improvements
  • $2m Law Courts expansion planning
  • $13m Winspear expansion (previously announced)
  • MacEwan School of Business previously announced
  • $2.9B for Calgary and Edmonton LRT (3 years)
  • $556m for affordable housing over 3 years (includes Fed money)
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Is that LRT funding all for previously announced projects, LRT projects currently under way, or is there something new here?

That Stollery funding is sure seems meager, but I guess when you have a 5.2 billion deficit forecast for the upcoming year, some things may progress slowly if at all.
 
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