‘We have 500K more health care cards than we have people in Alberta’: Smith defends expiry date on health cards as ‘fraud prevention measure’

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith confirmed that the province’s health care cards now come with an expiry date.

There have been some high-profile disagreements between Alberta and Ottawa in recent years over where provincial jurisdiction ends and federal jurisdiction begins. The feds prevailed in the battle over the consumer carbon tax, while Alberta scored a major victory against parts of the Impact Assessment Act. The dispute