United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney pledged Wednesday that if elected he will save the province $200 million by cancelling a plan to upgrade Alberta Health Service laundry facilities and contract the work out instead. In 2016, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman intervened and put a stop to an AHS plan to privatize hospital laundry services. "AHS pointed out in this same memo that Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia all outsourced their linen and laundry services. On Monday, Kenney pledged to save the province $640 million by cancelling NDP plans for a "super lab" in Edmonton and northern Alberta. The plan to integrate lab services into a central facility run by Alberta Health Services was announced by Hoffman in 2016.

Source: CBC News March 13, 2019 23:32 UTC