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As an emergency physician and a proud Albertan, I believe everyone should have access to the highest-quality education and health care regardless of their ability to pay.

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Hearing our premier openly reject progressive policy, while insisting that the government should get out of the “business” of education and health care, should be a clear wake-up call for all Albertans. Our conservative politicians routinely invoke Peter Lougheed’s legacy in an attempt to cloak themselves in the illusion of following in his footsteps.

But when the current government states its vision is to abdicate responsibility for our social safety net to for-profit, non-profit, and charity organizations, it is the exact opposite of everything Lougheed stood for.

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