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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
What Kenney said was that the money the NDP spent on this lab should have been spent on a hospital, because that would address capacity issues and the money would go to treating actual patients. This is not by any stretch of the imagination a crazy or outlandish thing to say. Whether or not you agree with that difference of opinion about how our tax dollars should have been spent in this particular case, it's obviously not some "gotcha" statement that can be laid at the feet of the UCP as a gaffe or anything. Characterizing it like that is dishonest.
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This is rich. The government of Alberta, which includes the PCs along with the NDP, have built many new hospitals and medical facilities across the province in recent years, and have massively invested in new medical infrastructure for years. Alberta Infrastructure spends hundreds of millions a year on new and renovated medical infrastructure. Hell, the South Health Campus is one the largest medical facilities in the entire world, and what you see right now is just PHASE ONE.
Given the amount of AI lab projects I've seen come through RFPs over the last thirteen years, a consolidated lab facility would actually do this province
wonders in decreasing wait times, increasing efficiency and raising quality of medical care. Kenney must be misinformed on what labs do and how they can directly benefit patients.