Alberta NDP Health Critic David Shepherd issued the following statement:

““While I’m glad Jason Kenney responded to our call to pause on Step 3 re-opening, he still owes Albertans the internal modelling data and written recommendation from Dr. Hinshaw, which he has hidden from Albertans for months.

“There are rising case numbers, rising variant cases, and rising hospitalizations in Alberta, but the Premier failed to show his face, and failed to offer Albertans a plan to respond to this growing danger.

“A third wave is rising, but the decisions the government makes this week will determine how large and how deadly that wave is. Now more than ever, Jason Kenney needs to come clean with Albertans about what he knows and what his intentions are.”