"They didn’t consult. They don’t have a mandate. This bill is not fit for this Assembly, and it is certainly not respectful of democracy." - Hoffman, Hon. Sarah, ECA, Edmonton-Glenora (NDP)

Nov 24- Dec 10, 2025 - first - third reading: passed 
Dec 11, 2025 - Bill 11 Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2) — Hon. Min. LaGrange ,  received royal assent and became law.
key outcomes:

• New Primary Care Alberta, Acute Care Alberta, Continuing Care Alberta, Mental Health & Addiction Alberta do not have to publish contracts, minutes, safety data, spending, or outcomes.
• Health data now moves across ministries with no public reporting of who accessed it or why.
  PHNs placed onto other ID systems with no transparency around access or misuse.
• Doctors can switch from public to private with no public notice; no published list.
• Rules for extra billing + dual practice moved into hidden regulations instead of public law.
• Cabinet can remove insured services without public debate or disclosure.
• Procurement scoring, failed bids, contract penalties, and overruns are no longer publicly visible. Surgical contracts, pricing, and audits shifted into Acute Care Alberta with no requirement to publish. 
• FOIP effectively gone (2024-2025) meaning the public can’t see contracts, audits, cost models, or internal decisions.

December 2025 in Alberta: Unprecedented recall activity against multiple officials. Government has repeatedly used the notwithstanding clause to advance legislation despite public opposition.

How did we get here? Well..

•  Nov 2024: FOIP — Alberta’s 30-year transparency law — was repealed without public consultation, ending broad public access to government records, contracts, audits, and internal decisions.
• Feb 2024: Government established four provincial health corporations: Primary Care Alberta, Acute Care Alberta, Continuing Care Alberta, Mental Health & Addiction Alberta. These PHC's are not required to publish contracts, expenditures, board minutes, or performance data
• Mar - Oct 2025 (series of legislative amendments): Expanded ability for corporations to deliver insured health services, moved oversight into the new health corporations, and reduced previous reporting requirements for spending, performance, and contracting.

Please consider writing to the Federal Health Minister, The Honourable Marjorie Michel at hcminister.ministresc@hc-sc.gc.ca or here 

Up late? Read the insane transcripts here