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Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally and Premier Danielle Smith met with lease holders group after calls for Morinville-St. Albert MLA's removal from file
The president of a group fighting to help almost 200 Alberta seniors and their families get their money back from so-called life-lease housing arrangements says a meeting Thursday with the province "was very productive."
The provincial minister overseeing life-lease legislation in Alberta says the government is working to ensure each person affected by withheld funds will be "made whole."
A local woman says her mother died without ever receiving money back from her life lease. She says new legislation by the Alberta government doesn't go far enough to protect seniors.
The new Alberta Life Lease Protection Society Society wants to resolve issues with long repayment queues at Christenson Group of Companies retirement communities, and advocate for legislative change.