Danielle Smith admitted she wants to ‘throw out’ Canada’s public health care law
>An independent legal opinion issued last week by a major law firm said Smith's legislation "[clearly violates](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-public-private-health-care-model-coming-to-alberta-breaches-canada/)" the Health Act.
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>Yet Mark Carney's federal government has not intervened, despite pleas for months from health organizations, labour unions, and the NDP to [use its powers](https://www.healthcoalition.ca/open-letter-20-organizations-urge-ottawa-to-act-on-albertas-two-tier-law/), including financial penalties, to stop Alberta.
>"Our government will always defend Canada's universal health care system," a spokesperson for the federal Health Minister told The Breach. He said the federal government would "closely assess the regulations associated with the bill."
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>Since taking office, however, the Carney government has broken one promise after another on the health-care file.
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>Health Canada saw its [funding chopped by $1.3 billion](https://globalnews.ca/news/11737460/mark-carney-spending-plans-cuts/) in the 2025 budget. The federal government has [stopped negotiating](https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/national-news/newfoundland-and-labrador-health-minister-pushes-ottawa-to-negotiate-pharmacare-deal-12203945) any new pharmacare agreements with provinces.
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>While the federal government hangs back on enforcing the Health Act, Alberta's privatization risks [spreading across Canada](https://breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box-danielle-smith-and-insurance-giants-unleash-attack-on-healthcare/).
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>Yet Mark Carney's federal government has not intervened, despite pleas for months from health organizations, labour unions, and the NDP to [use its powers](https://www.healthcoalition.ca/open-letter-20-organizations-urge-ottawa-to-act-on-albertas-two-tier-law/), including financial penalties, to stop Alberta.
>"Our government will always defend Canada's universal health care system," a spokesperson for the federal Health Minister told The Breach. He said the federal government would "closely assess the regulations associated with the bill."
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>Since taking office, however, the Carney government has broken one promise after another on the health-care file.
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>Health Canada saw its [funding chopped by $1.3 billion](https://globalnews.ca/news/11737460/mark-carney-spending-plans-cuts/) in the 2025 budget. The federal government has [stopped negotiating](https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/national-news/newfoundland-and-labrador-health-minister-pushes-ottawa-to-negotiate-pharmacare-deal-12203945) any new pharmacare agreements with provinces.
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>While the federal government hangs back on enforcing the Health Act, Alberta's privatization risks [spreading across Canada](https://breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box-danielle-smith-and-insurance-giants-unleash-attack-on-healthcare/).