David A
Senior Member
Yeah, but does anyone seriously believe construction costs are going to be any lower in 5 or 10 years?
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jason403
Active Member
On an absolute basis, near impossible unless deflation occurs. On a basis of growth in costs vs growth in gov't revenues, maybe.
David A
Senior Member
Alberta does seem to have boom and bust cycles revenue wise. Resource revenue is actually doing well now, but actually it could easily decline from current levels.
So it might actually not work out in the future to be a reduced percentage either.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Smith is a deceptive bitch.
Gronk!
Senior Member
This is in Health Minister Adriana LaGrange's riding, is it not?
edmonton.ctvnews.ca
Residents get first look at Red Deer Regional Hospital redevelopment
More than two years after it was announced, the first designs for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre redevelopment have been released.
archited
Senior Member
Phew... what a bunker.
kcantor
Senior Member
I know these things aren’t directly “either/or”but I’d sooner see the Province going ahead with the southwest hospital than hsr…
The_Cat
Senior Member
I think Lagrange is Red Deer-north. Red Deer and area have grown significantly, and the Regional Hospital expansion is needed.
David A
Senior Member
I believe the Red Deer Hospital expansion planning and announcement came way before she was Heath Minister, but I suspect having a Health Minister now probably helps keep it moving forward.
I don't doubt it it needed, but other places without as good political connections need hospitals too.
I don't doubt it it needed, but other places without as good political connections need hospitals too.
Kosy123
Senior Member
Red Deer (both ridings) were also FAR too close for comfort for the UCP, which is why were finally seeing some movement on this one.
kcantor
Senior Member
I wonder if we could swap $1/3 billion in support for Calgary’s arena and a new Minister of $billions for HSR for a new hospital in SE Edmonton?
Glenco
Senior Member
What is the problem? People on the south side can always drive down to Red Deer for their medical needs it is not that far.
kcantor
Senior Member
^
I suppose… and maybe AHS could rent a bunch of decrepit hotel rooms on the south side through some private care providers for those patients to convalesce in when they get discharged.
I suppose… and maybe AHS could rent a bunch of decrepit hotel rooms on the south side through some private care providers for those patients to convalesce in when they get discharged.
Airboy
Senior Member
When Red deer gets their much needed expansion.
TAS
Senior Member
This seemed liked a joke but that is exactly what Simth said on Saturday.
From the Calgary Herald's Don Braid"
"Most breathtaking is the UCP decision to “pause” a hospital long planned for south Edmonton.
On the radio Saturday, Smith questioned the cost of new full-service hospitals — and then promised just such a facility for Red Deer, home of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange.
The UCP lost every Edmonton city riding to the NDP. Red Deer is reliably UCP.
The middle-finger image is crude but inescapable.
Red Deer is a growing city,” the premier said.
“They absolutely do need to have a full-service hospital in central Alberta . . . and perhaps that will also help to support some of the south Edmonton residents as well.”
Red Deer is more than an hour’s high-speed drive from south Edmonton. The suggestion that Edmontonians could race there for care is absurd, says Braid.
Good to see a Calgary columnist call this out.