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By The Canadian Press

Health minister understands concern about campaign event at Lethbridge hospital

Feb 27, 2019 | 5:41 AM

EDMONTON- Health minister Sarah Hoffman says she understands why there is concern about Premier Rachel Notley holding a campaign event inside a public hospital.

Hoffman says they have spoken to party campaigners and the NDP won’t do it again.

She made the comments after Notley delivered a campaign-style attack speech against the Opposition United Conservative Party on Saturday in the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge.

There were staffers standing behind the premier, some in medical garb, to show support.

Alberta Health Services has rules that forbid any campaigning in its facilities because it is politically neutral.

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The UCP wants the ethics commissioner to investigate.

Party leader Jason Kenney says the NDP is blurring the lines between government and politics and using public money to campaign and adds hospitals belong to Albertans, not the NDP.

Notley must call a provincial election soon with a vote held no later than May.

(The Canadian Press) 

by The Canadian Press

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