CALGARY The province has announced upgrades to Alberta’s health infrastructure, but the influx of funding is rubbing some critics the wrong way. On Thursday, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced five new health capital projects totaling $143 million in provincial investments. One of those projects, an expansion of the neonatal intensive care unit at Foothills Hospital, will enter its design stages this summer. But before that can happen, the province’s largest union wants to see some of the construction funding go towards workers. I think it’s just disrespect, Alberta Union of Provincial Employees treasurer Jason Heistad told CTV News. You’re going to put over $100 million into infrastructure when you’re cutting 11,000 jobs in the last year? Who is going to work in those facilities?
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Alberta’s 2021-22 budget predicts a deficit of $18.2 billion and debt ballooning to a record $115.8 billion by the end of the fiscal year, as the province continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices.
The budget, tabled Thursday by Finance Minister Travis Toews, points to widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in the second half of 2021, the rebound of the oil and gas sector and potential changes to the public sector salary structure as key factors in an eventual fiscal recovery.
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