HONOURING OUR FALLEN HEROES | United Conservatives Keep Promise with Heroes Fund
United Conservatives have kept another election promise with Bill 47, which includes the new Heroes Fund for first responders. The fund provides a one-time, tax-free payment of $100,000 to eligible families of first responders who lost their lives while performing their duties. The Heroes Fund was announced by United Conservative MLAs Tany Yao […]
Tackling Addictions | 400 Beds and New Recovery Communities
With a 30 per cent increase in the number of beds, our United Conservative government is keeping an election promise to focus not just on treatment, but changing lives with new recovery communities. These recovery communities will lead to 400 new beds and provide a holistic approach with the goal for a patient to come […]
Finding Savings and Redirecting Them to the Front Lines
Keeping our promises: Redirecting savings in our health care system to the front lines During the election, we made it clear to Albertans that we would maintain or increase health spending under our health care guarantee. But we believe that for the amount of money Albertans spend on their health care system, we deserve to […]
More Surgeries to Reduce Wait Times
Keeping our promises: More Surgeries to Reduce Wait Times Under the NDP’s watch, Albertans watched as wait times for surgeries increased, despite increasing spending to record levels year over year. Hip replacement wait times alone increased by nearly 30 per cent from 28.7 weeks to 36.7 weeks. Knee replacement wait times went up by 23 […]
Record Investments In Mental Health
United Conservatives are improving mental health supports Our United Conservative team promised major investments in mental health and the development of a new mental health and addictions strategy. We are putting patients at the centre of our health care system, not special interests. Our health care plan includes shorter surgical wait times, major investments […]