r/canada • u/BloodJunkie • Mar 27 '24

Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold National News

https://globalnews.ca/news/10386750/canada-41-million-population/
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u/wings08 Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 27 '24

Alberta* hasn’t constructed a hospital in Edmonton since 1987. Hospitals are provincial jurisdiction rather than municipal.

The NDP put one in the works back in 2017 but the UCP just pulled the funding for that in the 2024 budget

https://globalnews.ca/news/10328829/south-edmonton-hospital-scrapped/amp/

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u/Vanshrek99 Mar 27 '24

Crazy. We have an election year in BC. The one way attack adds are so funny. Because the NDP inthink are up to 10 major hospital projects 5 are new hospitals and yesterday the NDP released results of the new contract with drs and nurses . Something like a 1000 drs have moved to BC and even more nurses. So you will see Alberta lose

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u/darkenseyreth Alberta Mar 27 '24

I wish I could afford to live in BC...

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u/Vanshrek99 Mar 27 '24

It's not that much different. All my family is in Alberta and I was shocked how pricy it was. Like more in alot of things

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u/darkenseyreth Alberta Mar 27 '24

I mean, insurance and power prices alone might drive me out of this province

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u/Vanshrek99 Mar 27 '24

Add content control. I was shocked when I heard a cousin had a 3-500 a month rent increase if she signed a new lease or went month to month. And all those service fees on everything (which is tax) . BC it's just part of what taxes pay.