Health inspectors in Alberta face increasing amounts of harassment, threats, and hostility
EDMONTON -- As the pandemic continues, public health inspectors are experiencing increasing amounts of hostility as they conduct their work. The workers tasked with protecting Albertans and ensuring public health orders are being followed increasingly need to worry about their own safety – both on and off the job. Many say they have become targets for threats, harassment, and online bullying. Meaghen Allen, a member of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) branch in Alberta, told CTV News Edmonton in an interview that the role of inspectors has gone from not onl...