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by Lone Sheep Publishing on Tuesday April 27 2021 BC Premier John Horgan said the end of this pandemic is in sight, but the province is not there yet. — BC Government file photo On the same day there was a reported 799 new COVID-19 cases, for a total of 127,048 cases in British Columbia, the BC Government formally extended the provincial state of emergency, allowing health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act (EPA) to support the Province's COVID-19 pandemic response. The state of emergency is ...

Friends of Medicare says the Kenney government’s introduction of Bill 70, The COVID-19 Related Measures Act, puts protecting the legal interests of for-profit and private long-term care facilities over protecting the lives and safety of residents in those facilities. “We know in January the Alberta Continuing Care Association, that represents long-term for profit and private not for profit providers, was lobbying the government in asking them to put in these COVID protections so they can save themselves from being sued, and then we see Bill 70 being introduced in the house last week,” e...

Friends of Medicare says the Kenney government’s introduction of Bill 70, The COVID-19 Related Measures Act, puts protecting the legal interests of for-profit and private long-term care facilities over protecting the lives and safety of residents in those facilities. “We know in January the Alberta Continuing Care Association, that represents long-term for profit and private not for profit providers, was lobbying the government in asking them to put in these COVID protections so they can save themselves from being sued, and then we see Bill 70 being introduced in the house last week,” ...

Article content Alberta’s UCP government introduced new legislation Thursday that would protect long-term care and supportive living operators from COVID-19 related lawsuits. If passed, Bill 70: the COVID-19 Related Measures Act, would raise the legal bar for those alleging harm caused by exposure to COVID-19, forcing plaintiffs to demonstrate gross negligence, rather than ordinary negligence. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta bill offers COVID-19 legal liability protection for continuing care providers Back to video The bill would e...

Article content The Alberta government recently introduced a bill that will make it much more difficult to obtain compensation from health facilities and professionals who provided negligent care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill is backed by the Alberta Continuing Care Association who lobbied the government to limit their liability following many deaths and several legal challenges against their members. Bill 70, the COVID-19 Related Measures Act, would set a higher, more stringent standard for negligence claims brought against health facilities as a result of individuals contracting o...