Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act would negatively affect province’s health care system
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Opponents further characterized the bill as undemocratic, citing how it gives cabinet the unusual power to change legislation with an order in council, typically something reserved only for regulatory changes.Advertisement 5“There are serious concerns,” he said. “My main focus is to do everything possible to protect people and where this bill threatens health care, where it threatens the protections that Albertans have, like the Canada Health Act,” he responded.
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