Alberta NDP prepping health care bill when legislature resumes sitting
Looks like the writ won't be dropped next Monday
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Hoffman says she’s been considering it for awhile and she’s not trying to deepen a policy wedge between the NDP government and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives.
“It’s something I’ve been grappling with for a few years in how we could find ways to improve and strengthen the public health-care system here in Alberta. I think, why not today?” Hoffman said at the legislature Wednesday.
She could not give details on her intended bill because parliamentary rules dictate the contents must be given to legislators before the public.
Sources have told The Canadian Press that the proposed law will be the government’s signature bill of the new session, which begins Monday with a throne speech. Hoffman said she could not confirm that.
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A bill could be introduced and debated or it could be abandoned altogether should Premier Rachel Notley decide to call an election after the throne speech. A vote must be held, by law, by May 31.
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