Accountable government versus information control
Accountable government versus information control
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Educators need a national report card
Educators need a national report card
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Alberta cities weigh water markets
Alberta cities weigh water markets
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No Place to Age: The costs and indignities of long-term care in Alberta
No Place to Age: The costs and indignities of long-term care in Alberta
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Government needs to open its ears
Government needs to open its ears
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Lawn sign stands in for Dreeshen at election forum
Lawn sign stands in for Dreeshen at election forum
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Op-ed: Poverty, child care should top political agenda
Poverty, child care should top political agenda
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A budgetary education
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PIA 2011 Provincial Budget Analysis
PIA 2011 Provincial Budget Analysis
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For-profit facilities leave seniors vulnerable
The "Continuing Care Strategy" announced in December, 2008, froze the number of long term care (LTC) beds at a grossly inadequate number and made it clear that the government wants to abandon continuing care to private-for-profit operators. The government has been reclassifying LTC facilities as auxiliary hospitals to circumvent the staffing requirements of the Nursing Home Act, and Bill 18, approved by the legislature in December 2010 was welcomed by the President and CEO of Alberta Health Services as a way of getting rid of the Nursing Home Act altogether.
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