It did because the Government of Alberta sees these people as humans and sees this as a question of dignity. These are Albertans like everyone else. We want to partner with our indigenous communities, and we're not waiting for the federal government to backfill the gap they've left. The first nation chiefs—I've just come from meeting with a Treaty 6 chief—all want to see recovery.
The only health care the federal government is truly responsible for is on-reserve first nation health care. That seems to be the only health care they're not willing to deliver when it comes to addiction treatment for first nations. The Government of Alberta is spending tens of millions of dollars on not just infrastructure but also programming.
Instead, we're asking the federal government to stop pushing the safe supply pouring over our border from B.C. and other places. You can't suck and blow at the same time.