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Week ending 29 Jan 2010 Vol 24, No 21
Feature Article: The government sends conflicting messages about the Feb. 9 budget; meanwhile, it's continuing a determined campaign to wring inefficiencies out of government operations.
Also in this week's edition:
- The Alberta Health Quality Council reports that emergency wait times slipped during the first year under Alberta Health Services management. (Alberta Health Quality Council website, Health Quality Council report on patients' experience in hospital emergency departments, PDF, 8.3 MB, Health Quality Council archived reports (relevant report is titled Review of Emergency and Urgent Care Service)
- The latest health report raises a question: why are a number of ideas still being circulated as state-of-the-art thinking a generation after they were first recommended?
- Investment managers will study ways of refinining risk management for the Heritage Fund. (Legislature committee on the Heritage Fund)
- The makeover of the premier's communications office is complete.
- The premier is not articulate on how he wants communications to improve, but some of this week's actions speak volumes.
- A Progressive Conservative MLA asks why Albertans have to pay for online copies of their own laws.
- Liberals and New Democrats announce new energy and health policies. (Alberta Liberals announce new oil and gas policy, Alberta New Democrats release recommendations on health care)
- New cabinet orders, new appointments.
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