Right now what's on the table that's being proposed are changes which are frankly going to change the fundamental nature of our health-care system in this province.

We're pleased that at least one influential Tory is talking about it, ... It's a big step in the right direction.

No matter who you're talking to, they all seem to be saying that the sky is falling. That's why we think our policy paper is so important. It shows clearly the sky is not falling - and that there is really no justification to embrace the radical solutions being put forward by some employers.

Which means that waiting lists will get longer in the public system, and this is not just hypothetical. The idea was tried by Margaret Thatcher in Britain back in the '80s and early '90s. It was a disaster.

The ... document reads like a love letter to for-profit health care providers.

Our hope is that Albertans will send at least one New Democrat to Ottawa and we've identified the one seat that actually has a chance of going some way other than Tory.