Mr. Speaker, in a legal opinion released earlier today by the Canadian Health Coalition, trade lawyer Barry Appleton described Alberta as going down a one-way street toward health care privatization.
Here is what he said: “Under NAFTA, a province cannot experiment with for-profit health care because the process will be irreversible”.
In last week's letter to Alberta, the health minister acknowledged that Bill 11 may have implications which will be felt in provinces and territories across the country.
In view of that, what is the government's response to the NAFTA threat?