Leaked documents show Alberta to dismantle health provider, may sell off care homes

Alberta is planning to dismantle its provincewide health provider and may sell off its publicly owned continuing-care facilities, say leaked cabinet briefing documents released by the Opposition NDP.

Alberta is planning to dismantle its provincewide health provider and may sell off its publicly owned continuing-care facilities, say leaked cabinet briefing documents released by the Opposition NDP.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley says the proposal to break up Alberta Health Services would give complete political control over all health decisions to Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet.

Notley says it would also bring chaos to the system and open the door to more privately delivered care.

"(The United Conservative Party government) created this crisis, and now they want to blow up our health-care system completely," Notley told Smith and the UCP caucus during question period Tuesday.

"What is wrong with you people?"

Earlier Tuesday, Notley released to reporters photocopies of a computer slide deck outlining details of the government’s promised revamp of the health system.

Notley said the documents were sent to the NDP anonymously.