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Bold move or big mistake? Naheed Nenshi implores Ottawa to step in and force Alberta to drop surgery line-jumping scheme

Send ‘a strong signal that Canada works’ NDP Opposition leader urges PM Mark Carney in letter Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi called yesterday on Ottawa to step in and use the Canada Health Act to force Alberta’s government to drop its plan to allow surgeons to practice in the public health care system while at the…

by David Climenhaga June 20, 2026June 20, 2026

UCP plunges ahead with scheme to Americanize health care by letting patients with money jump the line for surgeries

Wow! 3.4 million Albertans will qualify for $100 ‘Dani Dollars’ energy rebate – enough for maybe half a tank of gas

Jack Mintz, chair of panel studying pros and cons of Alberta separation, seems to have made up his mind in favour of secession

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Bold move or big mistake? Naheed Nenshi implores Ottawa to step in and force Alberta to drop surgery line-jumping scheme

UCP plunges ahead with scheme to Americanize health care by letting patients with money jump the line for surgeries

Wow! 3.4 million Albertans will qualify for $100 ‘Dani Dollars’ energy rebate – enough for maybe half a tank of gas

Jack Mintz, chair of panel studying pros and cons of Alberta separation, seems to have made up his mind in favour of secession

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Four NDP MLAs, three of them cabinet veterans, announce plans to retire after next election

UCP’s ‘independent advisory panel’ on Alberta secession costs is likely to defend Canada on separatist terms

Voters risk whiplash watching Danielle Smith switch sides back and forth in Alberta separation fight

Alberta Politics

Polls last week suggest ‘low and declining appetite for separation in Alberta’

How do we explain Danielle Smith’s out-of-the-blue promise last week her government will cost out separation by August?

Preston Manning wants Canada to know that another pipeline or two won’t be enough

UCP re-announces its ‘patient-focused’ hospital funding scheme – it’s still a bad policy

Former cabinet minister Rebecca Schulz quietly resigned her seat in the Legislature two weeks ago

Who will be demonized by Conservatives as Alberta’s official Bond villain now that Steven Guilbeault is quitting?

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Whether we Canadians like it or not, Pierre Poilievre is waiting around for us to come to our senses and vote for him

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