UCP says it’s fixing the health mess left by former NDP government

EDMONTON – Alberta’s United Conservative Party says it will continue to invest in health care to fix the massive problems inherited from the former NDP government.

The party says in a statement that in 2019, it inherited a broken, bloated and bureaucratic health system from the NDP that was failing Albertans.

It says it has begun streamlining resources to get more help to the front lines while also adding $2 billion to hire more doctors, nurses and paramedics.

Health care is expected to be a key ballot-box issue in the election campaign, which began this week and ends with voters going to the polls on May 29.