Improving health care service delivery

• $475 million for Modernizing Alberta’s Primary Health Care System: improved access to family physicians, primary care initiatives in Indigenous communities and a compensation model for nurse practitioners
• $300 million for collaborative primary health-care services
• $8 million (2 years) to expand the Alberta Newborn Screening Program
• $10 million to develop a midwifery strategy
• $20 million (2 years) to support women’s health initiatives
• $140 million per year for long-term care initiatives and home/community care initiatives
• $1 billion (3 years) to transform continuing care
• $1.55 billion for the Alberta Recovery Model for addictions or mental health challenges

Prioritizing patients to reduce wait times and improve access

• $810 million to advance the redevelopment and expansion of the Red Deer Regional Hospital, including Ambulatory Services
• $35 million to purchase new Emergency Medical Services vehicles and ambulances, upgrade the existing fleet and acquire additional equipment
• $25 million in additional funding for the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital replacement project to support better access to health care for area residents
• $20 million over the next 3 years, including $17 million in new funding, to continue planning for a standalone Stollery Children’s Hospital
• $313 million for Alberta Surgical Initiative to help increase the number of surgical procedures performed in Alberta annually
• $2 billion per year for Drugs and Supplemental Health benefit programs, including $883 million for the seniors drug program that supports over 700,000 seniors

Health care workers

• $126 million (3 years) to increase rural and Indigenous access to medical education and to increase the number of family medicine physicians
• $6.6 billion for physician compensation and development programs
• $20 million per year to enhance physician practice viability
• $200 million (2 years) will improve access to family physicians and primary health care
• $26 million in capital funding (3 years) for the University of Lethbridge Rural Medical Teaching School 

Supporting enrolment growth

• $1.9 billion in capital funding (3 years) for planning, design or construction of new and modernized schools 
• $1.2 billion (3 years) to support enrolment growth and hire hundreds of new teachers
• $103 million (3 years) to increase modular classroom spaces
• $123 million (3 years) for collegiate school programs and public charter schools
• $24 million (3 years) to fund growth for new private schools 

Meeting student needs 

• $1.5 billion for learning supports funding for vulnerable students and children with specialized learning needs 
• $209 million for timely and early education for children with severe developmental disabilities or delays 

Strengthening post secondary programs

• $55 million (3 years) for the University of Calgary to add 1,000 spaces in science, technology, engineering and math programs
• $63 million for Olds College to renovate and expand student spaces 
• $43 million for planning of NAIT’s trades and technology learning facility
• $62 million to create Rural Health Professional Training Centres and expand physician education
• $126 million (3 years) for the Rural Physician Expansion Program
• $43 million for the University of Lethbridge to train doctors in smaller communities
• $13 million to help businesses conduct applied research
• $102 million (3 years) to support 3,200 additional seats and curriculum updates for apprenticeship programs
• $10 million (3 years) to create additional mental health professional spaces
• $391 million for student aid and private career colleges support
• $72.6 million (3 years) for the Community Adult Learning Program and Foundational Learning Assistance Grants 

Supporting strong families

• $1.5 billion to create more child-care spaces and lower fees
• $30 million to build small and mid-sized arenas, rinks, pools and sports fields 
• $22 million (3 years) to index foster, kinship and other caregivers rates to inflation

Keeping life affordable

• $717 million (3 years) to advance Alberta’s Affordable Housing Strategy, including building 3,300 new affordable housing units as well as completing 1,800 units already underway
• $257 million for Seniors Lodge, Social Housing, Specialized Housing, Affordable Housing Strategy and Rental Assistance programs
• Rental assistance will be extended to another 550 households (total: 12,700 renter households)
• New 25% seniors discount for personal registry services and medical driving tests

Help for vulnerable persons

• $151 million in operating expense for Seniors, Community and Social Services
• $2.9 billion for the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program, the Alberta Seniors Benefit and Income Support programs to cover indexing for inflation and caseload changes
• $355 million to cover indexation and population growth for payments under the Alberta Child and Family Benefit
• $70 million (3 years) to add new homeless shelter spaces and support operational cost pressures at shelters
• $85 million for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence program
• $15 million (3 years) to the implementation of Alberta’s Safe Streets Action Plan, as well as to support women’s shelters and sexual assault counselling centres