Conservative MP Arnold Veirsen says it’s “odd” that the leading category of death among Albertans in 2021 was “ill-defined and unknown causes.”
Statistics from the government of Alberta show that ill-defined and unknown causes of death were the leading killer in 2021, with almost three times as many deaths recorded in this category when compared with 2020.
Veirsen, who hails from Alberta and represents the Peace River—Westlock riding north of Edmonton, says the issue warrants further investigation.
“I don’t know how they can be investigating this and whose job it is,” said Veirsen in an interview. “But it is an odd thing to me.”
In 2021, 3,362 deaths were recorded under unknown causes—up from 1,464 deaths in the same category in 2020 and 522 deaths in 2019. Prior to this, dementia was the leading cause of death in Alberta since 2016….