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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦
The Smith government isn’t just narrowing the criteria for eligibility for MAID. It’s also requiring a family member to witness the request in person (so your spouse or adult child has veto power??). And if I’m reading it correctly, doesn’t allow for advance requests.
Then read what Loleen Berdahl, Bianca Jamal and I have to say about regionalism!!
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I was surprised to see the reference to a role for family members. Not something I have heard of before. And yes, on its face, it appears to give families a veto if no one agrees to witness. We know from organ donation debates that a role for families will reduce the number of people who get MAID.
Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦
SCOOP: RCMP execute search warrants tied to Alberta's health procurement controversy; at least a dozen officers were at MHCare Medical Corp.'s headquarters on Wednesday
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The must-listen-to companion podcast to the Alberta Budget is CBC's West of Centre [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/407-west-of-centre] with @kathleenpetty.bsky.social @jlisayoung.bsky.social @markusoff.bsky.social @trevortombe.bsky.social They dig, delve, and divine the deficit dollars.
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Huge congratulations to @carrietait.bsky.social and the entire team at @theglobeandmail.com for their National Newspaper Award nominations for the ongoing AHS scandal. They driven the news agenda in Alberta for months. nna-ccj.ca/2025-finalis...
Without the free public education my mother received in Barrhead, I would never have grown up to win the gold medal in English Literature at the University of Alberta! I would never have grown up to be a professional writer. Because my mother never could have shared her love of literature with me.
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SCOOP: Two companies involved in building some of Alberta's addiction recovery centres are mired in litigation, including accusations of forgery on one side and allegations of intimidation involving Sam Mraiche, of MHCare
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