Alberta doctors association says delayed pay deal will hurt health care system

An Alberta doctors’ group says even though a new pay deal with the province is ready to be implemented, the government isn’t putting its money where its mouth is.Dr. Shelley Duggan, the Alberta Medical Association’s new president, says doctors are worried the province’s health care system is on the verge of collapse, and the pay deal is still waiting on approval from the province’s Treasury Board.Former association president Dr. Paul Parks says Premier Danielle Smith promised the deal by September and the delay is hurting the struggling health care system.