EDMONTON — Alberta’s opposition party is calling for an emergency debate to discuss the United Conservative Party’s plan to eliminate more than 5,000 front-line public health care jobs. The plan for an emergency debate was announced by NDP MLA David Shepherd, official Opposition critic for health, on Sunday. I have talked to front line health care workers. “And that’s what we chose to do, to keep our commitment to stop mortgaging our future.”YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Steve Buick, press secretary of health for the UCP confirmed that they are looking at cutting 5,000 public health care positions. He said that although some health care jobs will be lost completely, the majority coming from the front line, he expects many of those positions will be replaced by the private sector.

Source: thestar December 02, 2019 00:33 UTC