An Introduction to Alberta Health...
An Introduction to Alberta Healthcare. How Did We Get Here?
Policritics Podcast by Policritics Podcast
S1 · E1
Feb 4, 2026
42:05
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Welcome to the debut episode of the Policritics Podcast with hosts Jesse Watson and Danny Heikkinen. In this conversation, they dive into one of the most defining issues in Canadian public life: healthcare - where it came from, how it’s changed, and where it might be headed.

In this episode:

  • A look back at the history of healthcare in Canada and how the system evolved over the decades
  • Alberta’s recent restructuring and the creation of four new health ministries, and what a slimmer bureaucracy could mean for outcomes
  • Reflections on how past Alberta governments-PC, NDP, and UCP-approached healthcare, and what they did or didn’t change
  • A discussion on private healthcare models used in several Europea ... 
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politics
alberta
healthcare
UCP
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