The Alberta government hired KPMG, an international auditing firm, nearly a year ago to review its early pandemic response and offer recommendations to improve the response in the future. It also recommends the Alberta government conduct a comprehensive review of its pandemic response once vaccination efforts are underway, and to continue analyzing and engaging stakeholders to improve the ongoing pandemic response. A single health authority — Alberta Health Services — also created structural advantages. "This KPMG report is substantial on the first wave and the government sat on it," Hoffman told reporters Saturday. Hoffman reinforced her party's call for a judicial review of the UCP government's entire pandemic response.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2021 23:12 UTC