EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced on Jan. 19 that veteran politician and former federal Official Opposition leader Preston Manning has been hired to organize and chair a new pandemic committee.
Manning, who founded the Reform Party, said the new pandemic panel, the Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel, will examine what legislation was used by the Alberta government during COVID-19 and what laws and statutes should be changed before the next health crisis.
In a column published in the Calgary Herald on Jan. 19, Manning said the premier “has expressed a strong desire to strengthen Alberta’s capacity to deal with future health crises.”…