Alberta Record

Theme

Health system governance

Restructuring, board composition, and political control over health-care institutions and rules.

Where authority moved

Each catalogued centralization change reduced some body's autonomy (left) and placed new authority in a specific cabinet portfolio — a minister or the cabinet collectively (right). Ribbon thickness is the count of change-by-pair attributions (202 total).

Affected bodylost autonomyCabinet portfoliogained authorityHealth bodies81The public81Legislature19Watchdogs10Schools5Post-secondary5Courts1Health65Advanced Ed.16Mental Health13Justice12Public Safety12Indigenous Relations12Treasury Board11Jobs & Economy11Education9Municipal Affairs8Tourism & Sport7Finance7Premier6Seniors & Social6Energy5Children & Family2
Counts of changes by affected institution and empowered portfolio
InstitutionPortfolioAttributions
Health-care bodiesHealth29
Health-care bodiesAdvanced Education5
Health-care bodiesMental Health and Addiction5
Health-care bodiesJustice (and Attorney General)6
Health-care bodiesPublic Safety and Emergency Services5
Health-care bodiesIndigenous Relations5
Health-care bodiesTreasury Board and Finance3
Health-care bodiesJobs, Economy and Trade4
Health-care bodiesEducation (K-12)3
Health-care bodiesMunicipal Affairs4
Health-care bodiesTourism and Sport3
Health-care bodiesFinance2
Health-care bodiesPremier2
Health-care bodiesSeniors, Community and Social Services3
Health-care bodiesEnergy and Minerals1
Health-care bodiesChildren and Family Services1
The public, directlyHealth29
The public, directlyAdvanced Education5
The public, directlyMental Health and Addiction5
The public, directlyJustice (and Attorney General)6
The public, directlyPublic Safety and Emergency Services5
The public, directlyIndigenous Relations5
The public, directlyTreasury Board and Finance3
The public, directlyJobs, Economy and Trade4
The public, directlyEducation (K-12)3
The public, directlyMunicipal Affairs4
The public, directlyTourism and Sport3
The public, directlyFinance2
The public, directlyPremier2
The public, directlySeniors, Community and Social Services3
The public, directlyEnergy and Minerals1
The public, directlyChildren and Family Services1
LegislatureHealth3
LegislatureAdvanced Education3
LegislatureMental Health and Addiction2
LegislaturePublic Safety and Emergency Services1
LegislatureIndigenous Relations1
LegislatureTreasury Board and Finance2
LegislatureJobs, Economy and Trade1
LegislatureEducation (K-12)2
LegislatureTourism and Sport1
LegislatureFinance1
LegislaturePremier1
LegislatureEnergy and Minerals1
Independent watchdogsHealth2
Independent watchdogsAdvanced Education2
Independent watchdogsMental Health and Addiction1
Independent watchdogsPublic Safety and Emergency Services1
Independent watchdogsIndigenous Relations1
Independent watchdogsTreasury Board and Finance1
Independent watchdogsFinance1
Independent watchdogsEnergy and Minerals1
SchoolsHealth1
SchoolsTreasury Board and Finance1
SchoolsJobs, Economy and Trade1
SchoolsEducation (K-12)1
SchoolsPremier1
Post-secondary institutionsAdvanced Education1
Post-secondary institutionsTreasury Board and Finance1
Post-secondary institutionsJobs, Economy and Trade1
Post-secondary institutionsFinance1
Post-secondary institutionsEnergy and Minerals1
CourtsHealth1