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Originally Posted by flamesfever
My wife and I considered moving back to Ontario near our family, and decided not to because the healthcare is so much better in Alberta. Only a small percentage of people in my hometown in Ontario have doctors. A while back a new doctor came into our town and they had a lottery to see who would get him. One summer we had to go to the emergency at a nearby hospital, and it was like a war zone. They had turned off the air conditioner in the waiting room to save money, and people were sitting there sweating with the high heat and humidity.
If we get our own police force, why would we get rid of the crime lab? I realize change can be unsettling, but this province is so bent on attracting talent, that she should probably have no trouble getting a job. Anyway, I believe we should have as much control over our police force as Ontario and Quebec.
In my opinion there will be just as much uncertainty, if not more, with an NDP government. Their tendency to raise the debt and personal taxes, and be influenced by the federal party, are a few things to consider. In the last 50 years I have seen how disastrous NDP premiers can be. Their failing seems to be primarily related to financial matters. However, I have to say that Rachel is probably the best of the bunch.
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I have no illusions that healthcare will be better in other provinces, but as something I access a lot, I'm concerned about it eroding or becoming harder to access.
I'm certain Alberta might open its own forensics lab, if they did create their own force, but there are no guarantees my wife would get a job, or where the lab would be located, so we may have to move within Alberta anyways. Also, there's been talk in the forensics field that Alberta might do away with a forensics lab altogether and instead use private sector labs. Some of those labs might be in Alberta and others might be in other provinces or in the United States. There's a lot up in the air. My wife tends to think the province would take the private lab option because opening, certifying and running your own forensics lab is difficult and takes time. It just easier and faster to privatize it.
Would the Alberta lab pay her the same, or have the same pension/benefits? She has a lot of uncertainty about it. If she stayed with the RCMP (we moved to Vancouver or Ottawa) then she'd have some guarantees for her employment, her benefits, her seniority and access to promotions.
Again, it all comes down to uncertainty for us. I'm also fully aware the NDP (or any government for that matter) would create uncertainty for different professions. This is just our story.