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‘Unacceptable:’ City councillor calls out province for their handling of the pandemic
MEDICINE HAT,AB- A Medicine Hat city councillor has some blunt words for the province over their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Councillor Jim Turner was in attendance at the We Choose Freedom rally outside MLA Drew Barnes’ office Saturday, to show his support for Drew Barnes and those participating in the rally. He said the city has done a great job in keeping case numbers down but his biggest frustration stems from the province changing its stance on easing restrictions.
“ What really upsets me was four weeks ago Premier Kenney came out and said, ‘ you know we aren’t really going to focus so much on the cases anymore, we are going to look more at hospitalizations, if we get below 450 we are going to move to level two, if we get below 300 we are going to move to level three, well guess what, we are at I think 239 hospitalizations yesterday, we are still not even at level two,” Turner said,
“ For a government to make a statement like that and then come back and say ‘oh by the way we are changing the rules, that is unacceptable,”’ Coun. Turner said.