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Lack of trust key in Alberta doctors’ rejection of new deal

Apr 12, 2021 | 1:51 PM

EDMONTON – The head of the Alberta Medical Association says a lack of trust was one of the key reasons the recent labour deal was rejected by physicians.

Dr. Paul Boucher says before he and Health Minister Tyler Shandro can even begin negotiating the nuts and bolts of a new deal, that trust must be regained.

Boucher says he and Shandro are meeting again, almost two weeks after the rank-and-file physicians of the AMA refused to ratify the tentative deal brokered by both sides.

The deal was reached more than a year after Shandro tore up the last contract and imposed new fees and rules on doctors.

Doctors pushed back and the two sides feuded as COVID-19 swept through the province.

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Shandro says the province is committed to working collaboratively with the AMA.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 12, 2021.

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