UBC policy professor Paul Kershaw criticized Alberta’s proposed 2016 spending in an op-ed for Edmonton Journal. Alberta’s budget shows the largest gap in social spending for between citizens age over-65 and those under 45, Kershaw wrote.
“Alberta is wasting money on medical care compared to other provinces,” Kershaw said. “Reallocating ineffective medical spending could pay for programs that will promote the population’s health or achieve other benefits, including: a $10 per day child care system, better parental leave, sustaining the post-secondary tuition freeze, doubling the province’s budget for the environment and reducing the deficit.”
The piece also appeared in Ottawa Citizen.
