My Journey with GBS

  November 13, 2020 Dear Her Honour, the Honourable Salma Lakhani, AOE B.Sc.  Hello Your Honour. My name is Laura Jean Rutherford and I am a resident of Calgary, Alberta. I am writing to you today about my concerns of the proposed Bill 46 - amendment of the Alberta Information Health Act, which is to being brought to the Legislature of Assembly on Monday, November 16, 2020 by Honourable Tyler Shandro, Minister of Health.  Your Honour, before writing this letter, I read the roles for Lieutenant-Governor for Alberta. One the roles is that, “ In order for bills passed by the Legislative Assembly to become law, the Lieutenant-Governor must give Royal Assent. The Lieutenant-Governor acts on the advice of elected officials, but may exercise the right to deny or “reserve” Royal Assent if the bill violates the constitutional rights of Albertans or infringes upon federal jurisdiction. ” Your Honour, it was reading this description that I felt compelled to write my concerns o...

  November 4, 2020 Dear Honourable Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta.  I am writing to you again to express and bring you my concerns on the decisions you have been making to Alberta’s healthcare system since your tenure began. I had originally wrote and emailed you on August 28, 2020 regarding healthcare concerns. Plus you were cc’d on a letter I had written and emailed to Ministry of Health, Tyler Shandro on July 28, 2020. Then I resent the original emails on September 28, 2020 and September 25, 2020 respectively. None of these emails have been returned with your comments. Needlessly to say it is disappointing and disrespectful to not have received any repliesfrom you both. Time and energy are put in all my letters. You see Premier Kenney, I am a quadriplegic from a debilitating disease called Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS), which has left to use a mouth stick for communication which it allows me to type every letter of every word. Therefore, it is not uncommon to spend 4 ...