The United Conservative Party (UCP) passed all of its policy resolutions this weekend. The two-tiered health-care system in Alberta is a doozy. It won’t be any surprise to hear it gets challenged in court. It would seem to violate Section 3 of the Canada Health Act, RSC 1985 c C-6:
- It is hereby declared that the primary objective of Canadian health care policy is to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers.
NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) is calling on the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act and stand up to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s plan to privatize orthopedic surgeries.
“Jason Kenney’s privatization agenda will create a two-tiered health care system that violates our most basic principles of equal access and will hurt the quality of care,” said Davies. “We are calling on federal Health Minister Hadju to make it clear that this will not be tolerated.”
Unfortunately, the government may not be able to afford a challenge to this policy. In Policy 1, they want to add a new bullet: The United Conservative Party is committed to: c) operating within its means and reducing the size of the provincial debt.
They’ve already given our healthcare money to foreign owned oil & gas companies. No doubt, this is why we need a two-tiered health-care system.
Might be worth a look to see what other goodies are in this.
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