Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Issues Commentary: Alberta's ER Deaths Spotlight Systemic Hospital Underfunding
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 22 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on May 21, 2026, by senior researcher and political economist Andrew Longhurst:
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Alberta's ER deaths spotlight systemic hospital underfunding
90 per cent of ER patients waited 37 hours for hospital admission in 2024-25
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On May 8, another patient died waiting in the emergency room for care--this time at the Royal Alexan . . .
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Alberta's ER deaths spotlight systemic hospital underfunding
90 per cent of ER patients waited 37 hours for hospital admission in 2024-25
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On May 8, another patient died waiting in the emergency room for care--this time at the Royal Alexan . . .