Category Archives: Politics and Government

FOIP

Posted on February 20, 2011 by susanonthesoapbox

On Valentine’s Day while others were buying chocolates for that special someone, I was brooding about the new Alberta Health Act.   I can’t shake the feeling that the underlying purpose of this legislation is to slide Albertans down the path … Continue reading →

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*Crunch*

Posted on January 30, 2011 by susanonthesoapbox

Hear that crunching grinding noise?  That’s the sound of the tectonic plates of the political parties moving in divergent, convergent and transformational directions.  On Tuesday Ed Stelmach announced he would not seek re-election.  On Wednesday Ted Morton said the provincial … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Got It Right

Posted on January 8, 2011 by susanonthesoapbox

Dr Duckett may be gone but he won’t soon be forgotten.  In his farewell speech to senior AHS staffers he set the record straight with a number of provocative comments.  The most significant of which was this:  “Alberta spends more … Continue reading →

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Lethbridge–Check It Out

Posted on December 18, 2010 by susanonthesoapbox

The Health Minister has been saying for months that he is open to suggestions on how to improve Alberta’s health care system.  However the credibility of his statement has been seriously undermined by the Premier’s steadfast refusal to admit there … Continue reading →

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A Pretty Good Job???

Posted on December 13, 2010 by susanonthesoapbox

I don’t know about you but I’m getting a little tired of being told that health care costs are out of control and that somehow it’s my fault because I run to ER at the first sign of the sniffles.  … Continue reading →

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The Lens of Politics – Part 2

Posted on December 7, 2010 by susanonthesoapbox

So in reviewing the events of the last two years one can see that the government reacted swiftly and decisively to neutralize the medical community and the regional health boards who were trying to fix the ailing health care system.  … Continue reading →

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The Lens of Politics – Part 1

Posted on December 5, 2010 by susanonthesoapbox

How did the Alberta health care system melt down so dramatically in such a short space of time?*  In 2008 Dr Parks and other ER doctors provided the government with hard evidence that there was a serious problem by documenting … Continue reading →

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How Do You Spell Accountability?

Posted on November 26, 2010 by susanonthesoapbox

It’s all over the news.  Dr Duckett has been fired over the cookie incident.  This was a decision of his employer, the AHS Board, not the Health Minister, even though: the AHS Board reports to the Health Minister the Board … Continue reading →

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Who are you going to call? (Ghostbusters!)

Posted on November 7, 2010 by susanonthesoapbox

Sometimes the problem of Alberta’s failing health care system seems insurmountable.  Like a tangled ball of yarn I wonder where does it start—ER waiting times, shortages of acute care beds, adding long term care beds—and where does it end?  It … Continue reading →

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