OTTAWA — Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says it’s only fitting for Canada’s top cattle-producing province to tip over its most sacred cow. Article content

“One thing I’ve heard again and again since taking this job is ‘it’s not working.’ We’re waiting way too long for the care we need,” said LaGrange. Article content

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“Now is the time to really look at, okay, how do we implement something that will work for Albertans, and hopefully will be something that will be replicated across Canada?”

LaGrange and Hospital and Surgical Health Services Minister Matt Jones unveiled new “dual-practice” legislation last week that will allow physicians in the public system to perform elective procedures like hip and knee replacements and cataract surgerie

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