EDMONTON The provincial government committee responsible for determining public health restrictions will meet Tuesday. The Emergency Management Cabinet Committee will decide on whether to implement new restrictions as the number of COVID-19 cases and variants of concern continue to rise in Alberta. The Ministry of Health confirmed those details to CTV News on Monday. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, is scheduled to deliver a full update to the province on Tuesday after limited online updates through the Easter long weekend. Variant cases now represent nearly 40 per cent of Alberta s 10,582 active cases following the province s Easter Monday update, an increase from 27.2 per cent on March 29.
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He adds Allard, who also serves as vice-chair of the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee, should have remained at her post, as the province rolls out the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“This goes beyond just a member of the Government Caucus or a member of the Government Cabinet Minister Allard is in charge of emergency management.
“She has made an unforgivable error and must resign her position immediately.”
Earlier Thursday, the Minister of Finance in Ontario Rod Phillips resigned from cabinet there after it was revealed he went to the Caribbean on vacation.
CTV News is reporting that Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pat Rehn also took an out-of-country vacation this holiday season, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.