URGENT: Tabling of Health Care Letter

 

Subject: FW: URGENT: Tabling of Health Care Letter

Kelly FitzGibbon

 

What is happening with this letter of mine? Is it being tabled in the Legislature or not? If it isn't, because it advocates for privatizing some of the heatlh care system such as the Calgary EMS services, I would like to know. If you don't include it, then it taints the letters you are submitting, as they do not represent the entire nature of the letters members of the Liberal Party receive on the health care issue.

 

Norm Greenfield

 

 

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Subject: RE: URGENT: Tabling of Health Care Letter

It would be interesting to see just how many people on your lists actually sent you a letter in support of the Liberal Party's position on the new health care bill. I didn't. My letter or e-mail to Laurie Blakeman was about helping the private nursing homes in Calgary to have our ambulance by-law changed that creates a monopoly for the Calgary EMS.

 

A letter that was sent to all members of the Legislature not just to Ms Blakeman.

 

A request for action that was turned down by all parties.

 

In all of the things the Ralph Klein's government has done that I don't agree with, this attempt at trying to put forth changes to the healthcare system is the only one I do agree with.

 

I would take the Klein Healthcare reform nay sayers and fear mongers more seriously, if they were not from the side of the argument that already has their noses and faces in the healthcare industry trough, and are worried their share will be cut into. It is time we look at fixing the health care system now so it serves the needs of the users, rather than keep shovelling more money into it after bad money hoping more money being spent inefficiently is going to solve the problems.

 

If you want to put my letter on record I would love it, but I do not agree on the premise that the Alberta Liberal Party has any concrete idea of plan to, 'improve health care through long-term planning and proper management,' other than making sure the doctors keep their place at the trough and their share of the money.

 

Instead of the fear mongering, why doesn't the Liberal Party of Alberta come up with some concrete plans with costing and forecasting as an option to the Health Care Reforms that Mr. Klein has put forward? Put that on record.

 

You do have permission to table my letter and comments regarding the privatization of Health Care in Alberta, even if it is about increasing the privatization in the health care field.

 

Thank you

Norm Greenfield

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly FitzGibbon 
Importance: High

Firstly, we at the Alberta Liberal Opposition would like to thank you for taking the time to write to Laurie Blakeman, the MLA for Edmonton-Centre and Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness, regarding Health Care in this province.

 

We are requesting permission to table your letter and comments regarding the privatization of Health Care in Alberta.

 

When a document is tabled in the Legislature, it means that it will be incorporated into the Alberta Hansard and become public knowledge. The public will have access to this letter. As such, if you are in agreement with allowing Laurie Blakeman to table your letter, we would require written permission from you. Your agreement to this would be very much appreciated and would assist us in lobbying this government to improve health care through long-term planning and proper management.

 

Sincerely,

 

Kelly FitzGibbon

Administration

Alberta Liberal Opposition