Livingstone-Macleod candidate Chelsae Petrovic told "The Canadian Story Podcast." (Screengrab From Video)

By The Canadian Press

Provincial Politics

Alberta UCP candidate says people who have heart attacks should be held accountable

Apr 11, 2023 | 2:19 PM

A United Conservative Party candidate in southern Alberta is being criticized for saying people who have heart failure should take accountability for their own health.

Livingstone-Macleod candidate Chelsae Petrovic told “The Canadian Story Podcast” in February that people have heart attacks because they don’t take care of themselves and then make it the health-care system’s problem.

Petrovic, who is mayor of Claresholm, south of Calgary, has also been a nurse for more than 12 years.

Premier Danielle Smith says Petrovic has clarified that she could have used better language.

Smith came under fire last year for saying that early-stage cancer is within a person’s control.

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The report by The Canadian Press was first published April 11, 2023.

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