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Rob Breakenridge: Sanctimonious Liberals have no business butting into Alberta health care

There have been some high-profile disagreements between Alberta and Ottawa in recent years over where provincial jurisdiction ends and federal jurisdiction begins.

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The feds prevailed in the battle over the consumer carbon tax, while Alberta scored a major victory against parts of the Impact Assessment Act. The dispute over the Clean Electricity Regulations was rendered moot after the Carney government agreed to put that scheme on hold as part of the Alberta-Ottawa MOU.

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And indeed that MOU seemed indicative of a new era of improved relations between Alberta and Ottawa that’s been building over the last eighteen months.

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However, there is now a new battle brewing in a realm that is unambiguously provincial jurisdiction: health care.

The Alberta government is moving ahead with plans to allow certain physicians to practice in both the public and private health care systems. To........

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