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  • Another Day, Another Privatization Announcement from the UCP Government

    When negotiations are concluded, Alberta Health Services will go from contracting out 40% of retail food services in Calgary and Edmonton to 100%.

     

    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    August 17, 2022

  • Albertans Rallying Together for Public Health Care

    Friends of Medicare to participate in events in five cities calling on the provincial government to put people before profit

     

    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    May 13, 2022

  • Cabinet Shuffle September 2021

    EDMONTON — Today the Alberta government saw its second cabinet shuffle in less than three months. This time, Premier Kenney has named a new Health Minister: Jason Copping, MLA for Calgary-Varsity and previously, the Minister of Labour and Immigration. 

    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    September 21, 2021

  • Albertans for Ethical Drug Policy demand end to Alberta’s war on harm reduction

    Albertans for Ethical Drug Policy demand end to Alberta’s war on harm reduction

    June 26, 2021

    CALGARY - June 26 is the Global Day of Action Against Oppressive Drug Policy, Support, Don’t Punish. Today, Albertans are coming together at for the YYC Day of Action, to commemorate and remember the lives that have been lost as a result of this ongoing opioid pandemic, and to call on this government to stop the unjust assault on harm reduction services.
     
    Albertans for Ethical Drug Policy, business owners and community members are marking this occasion with the release of a joint statement, to renew our calls to stop the unjust assault on harm reduction services. Harm reduction, including supervised consumption services (SCS) not only save lives, but they also help to keep people healthy, connect them with services, and ultimately saves money for the health system.
     
    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    June 28, 2021

  • Privatization & profiteering continues as K-Bro is awarded sole contract for laundry & linen services in Alberta

    April 27, 2021
    EDMONTON

    Privatization & profiteering continues as K-Bro is awarded sole contract for laundry & linen services in Alberta
    Today, K-Bro Linen Inc. announced that they had been named the successful bidders for the Request for Proposals put out by Alberta Health Services in October 2020. They will become the sole providers of laundry services for AHS across the province of Alberta. While this news comes as no surprise, it is a disappointing indication that this government is bent on perpetuating privatization experiments within our public health care system.
     
    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    April 27, 2021

  • Residents & families can rest easy that homes for Albertans with disabilities will not be privatized

    January 29, 2021
    EDMONTON

    Residents & families can rest easy that homes for Albertans with disabilities will not be privatized

    After many months of waiting, Rajan Sawhney, Minister of Community and Social Services, announced today that the Alberta government will maintain the current service model for residential and personal care facilities for people with disabilities in Edmonton and Calgary.  Albertans who have called these Direct Operations sites their homes for years or decades will be able to remain there under public operation.

    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    January 29, 2021

  • Friends of Medicare stands today in support of Albertans with disabilities

    October 27, 2020
    EDMONTON

    Friends of Medicare stands today in support of Albertans with disabilities
     
    Friends of Medicare will be standing today in support of Albertans with disabilities, who are currently supported and cared for under publicly-run Direct Operations at homes and respite centres in Edmonton and Calgary.
     
    Approximately 200 guardians of disabled Albertans were given notice on June 10th that the UCP government was “exploring alternative service delivery”—code for privatization—of Edmonton’s Rosecrest home for children, the Hardisty and Balwin respite centers, Edmonton group homes, and Calgary’s Scenic Bow home.
    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    October 27, 2020

  • Backroom deals, political influence are dictating Alberta's health care

    Today’s CBC story highlights the lengths that this government will go to in order to push their privatization agenda on Albertans. A new private orthopedic surgical facility—the largest ever in Alberta—has been proposed on the site of Ericksen Nissan, next to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, and has already gained the Minister of Health’s “tentative political support.” 

    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    August 10, 2020

  • Government setting the stage for the closure and possible relocation of existing supervised consumption Services

    Government setting the stage for the closure and possible relocation of existing supervised consumption services
    As reported in the media today, Premier Jason Kenney is already setting the stage for what could be the closure or relocation of Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) in Alberta. While the Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee was tasked with reporting to the government by the end of 2019, their report has yet to be publicly released.
     
    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    January 21, 2020

  • FOM joins Foothills front-line workers

    FOM stands in solidarity with Foothills front-line workers

    On July 3rd, Friends of Medicare will be joining AUPE front line workers, health care advocates, labour leaders, and community members as they come together in support of the invaluable Albertans who provide health care services and public services to all of us, day in and day out. 
    Fom Friends of Medicare

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    July 03, 2019