31-10-2019 00:18 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Alberta doctors say proposed new pay plan cynical and heavy-handed

EDMONTON -- Alberta's doctors say proposed changes to their pay and practice rules are cynical and heavy-handed and will make future physicians think twice about working in the province. Dr. Christine Molnar, head of the Alberta Medical Association, says in a letter to members that a bill now before the legislature would allow the government to unilaterally rip up the current pay deal - and any future pay deals - with doctors. Molnar says the government is dealing “cynically” with do
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