The month after becoming Alberta premier in October 2022, when she won the United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership race, Danielle Smith dismissed the entire Alberta Health Services board and appointed a single administrator to allow health-care reform to be implemented more quickly.
The urgent priorities identified for Dr. John Cowell included improving wait times and consulting with front-line workers and others on long-term reforms.
Ahead of the May 2023 election, Smith’s UCP promised to improve emergency response times and address surgery backlogs.
To deliver on these promises, sweeping changes to the system are needed, says Nadeem Esmail, a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute….