Asked for a response to the protestors concerns about Bill 11 and the future of private health care in Alberta, Maddison McKee, press secretary for Alberta Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange, sent Global News an email that lashed out at Friends of Medicare, calling the organization “a political advocacy group governed by the province’s public-sector unions. They routinely spread misinformation and hyperbolic predictions, so it’s misleading to cite them as if they were impartial experts.”

“Their talking points are always the same: they compare Alberta’s common-sense changes to cherry-picked facts from other countries and a theoretical version of Canadian Medicare, rather than the real system patients experience every day,” added McKee.

This is the same UCP dream team that brought us CorruptCare, and they still refuse to step aside to let a proper investigation take its course. Danielle Smith continues to consolidate power into more private parties who are beholden to her and public coffers. She promises so long as she's here, the money will continue to flow, and she expects political support in return.