Here’s a list of the actions the @abndpcaucus has been calling for in response to COVID.

None of them include a shutdown.

These measures would have prevented a shutdown, but only if the govt took clear decisive action. We can’t wait any longer. #ableg

https://www.albertasfuture.ca/covid-19-response
Testing & tracing measures:
➡️hiring more contact tracers
➡️faster testing
➡️risk index for businesses
➡️staffing plan for continuing care facilities
➡️access to federal contact tracing app
➡️reversing plan to fire 11,000 frontline workers
Healthcare workers:
➡️paid leave for frontline workers
➡️immediate investment for access to matching $300 million from federal gov't for healthcare workers
Mask policy:
➡️mandatory mask policy for all public indoor spaces across the province
Small business supports:
➡️triple funding for Small & Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant
➡️match federal emergency rent subsidy
➡️commercial eviction ban
➡️ban on utility shutoffs
➡️50% small business insurance reduction
➡️gov't backed line of interest
➡️risk index for businesses
Transparency & Accountability:
➡️Establishment of independent COVID-19 advisory group or public health & scientific experts to report data & provide advice to Albertans
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