Click Here to see the ARTA (Alberta Retired Teachers' Association) position on the Alberta Government's new Pharmaceutical Strategy.

Click on the ARTA website on the right hand side of this page to view more analysis of the Pharmacuetical Strategy.

The name and phone number of your MLA and ministers is available by calling 310-0000 or on this website:

MLA addresses for contact

Premier Ed Stelmach,

307 Legislature Building,

10800 97 Avenue,

Edmonton. AB

T5K 2B6

e-mail: fortsaskatchewan.vegreville@assembly.ab.ca

Telephone: 780-427-2251

Fax: 780-427-1349

Hon. Ron Liepert,

323 Legislature Building,

10800 97 Avenue,

Edmonton. AB

T5K 2B6

e-mail: calgary-west@assembly.ab.ca

Telephone: 780-427-3665

Fax: 780-415-0961

Ken Allred,

MLA St. Albert,

610 Legislature Annex,

9718 107 Avenue,

Edmonton. AB

T5K 1E4

e-mail: st.albert@assembly.ab.ca

Telephone: 780-427-1148

Fax: 780-415-0951

Hon. Doug Horner,

324 Legislature Building,

10800 97 Avenue,

Edmonton. AB

T5K 2B6

e-mail: sprucegrovesturgeon.stalbert@assembly.ab.ca

Telephone: 780-427-2025

Fax: 780-427-5582

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Public Responds to - "Liepert''s strategic attack on Alberta seniors"

Read Letters from the Friends of Medicare Website

Friends of Medicare

#35 9912-106 Street Edmonton, AB

T5K 1C5

(780) 423-4581

Visit the Parkland Institute to see their views and the latest information on Health Care in Alberta. Look for "Crisis? What Crisis? and the accompanying fact sheets.

We are an affiliate site with the Alberta Retired Teachers Association, or ARTA.

Be sure to read the Open Letter to MLA"s by President Paul Boisvert, and the Impact Analysis by Executive Secretary Don Mock.

Cease and Desist Order
Health and Wellness Minister Ron Liepert

This petition calls on Hon. Ron Liepert to cease and desist from further dismantling of our public health care structure.

The major and rapid changes Mr. Liepert has announced in the short period since the last provincial election are causing instability while drastically reducing the management capacity in our health system.

Mr. Liepert must disclose full details of any Health and Wellness plan for the health system. To date Mr. Liepert has announced significant changes without making public any overall plan or blueprint for the changes.

Mr. Liepert must not undertake any new expansion of for-profit business delivery of health care services.

Mr. Liepert must not close or diminish any public health care services.

Major changes to health care were never raised by the Progressive Conservatives during the recent provincial election campaign. The Conservatives did not reveal any plan for major structural changes in our health care delivery system during the election. The Stelmach government has NO public mandate to undertake drastic changes to our health system.

Before making any further changes to our health system, Mr. Liepert must undertake a full and open public discussion of health care policy and plans.

Please download, sign, and circulate this petition and return it to the Friends of Medicare.

From the Friends of Medicare website.

Special thanks to Roy Pierce, the webmaster from Wainwright who has supplied much time, encouragement and expertise towards the creation of this website. His help has transformed the site from something that was “adequate” to something that is on the way to being spectacular.

We are particularly indebted to Roy for supplying the layout of the website framework.

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