From health care to the economy to the environment, her UCP government has tough problems to solve in a highly polarized province
following a bitter Alberta election campaign and now must tackle a long list of problems, from health care to the economy to the environment, in a highly polarized province.
Last week, 192 emergency room doctors signed a letter calling on the province to fix what they call “a system-wide health crisis in Alberta.” The MDs blame a lack of access to primary care that has resulted in 650,000 Albertans without a family doctor. The province is home to growing high-tech and green technology sectors, as well as wind and solar energy development and a growing film industry, and those are attracting billions in investments and creating thousands of jobs.
The province could easily avoid the whims of oil markets, and set aside funds in the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund more regularly, if it instituted targeted tax measures, said Trevor Tombe, economics professor at the University of Calgary. There is virtually no likelihood of that happening. She has pledged to fight back against Ottawa’s plan to cut greenhouse gases from oil and gas by 42 per cent by 2030, and to restructure the electrical grid to make it carbon neutral by 2035, saying these policies would damage the provincial economy.
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