We wrote this a while ago, to connect the dots on who Marshall Smith (former Chief of Staff for Danielle Smith) is and why he is so important in the Addiction Recovery Arm of Alberta Health. Carson MacPherson, who is the CEO of ROSC, which has been at the forefront of Addiction Recovery since at least 2022. He has set up a program to train personal support workers. You can’t get into a recovery program without one. That means you need to have the necessary funds to participate in the program. There are no official qualifications to become an addictions support worker. (some updated links at the bottom of this newsletter re: Marshall Smith in the news)
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/about/ac/ahs-pac-amh-2022-09-17-minutes.pdf \ Minutes of the 2022 meeting to explain ROSC and Recovery Alberta.
On May 1, 2019, Marshall Smith joined the Ministry of Health as Chief of Staff under Andre Tremblay, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health. This is when he began working on changing Alberta’s focus on Addiction.
Marshall Smith was Chief of Staff for Associate Minister of Health Andre Tremblay on May 1, 2019, and stayed in that position until September 25, 2022. At that point, he moved to be Chief of Staff to Premier Smith until he retired in October 2024. When Smith became Premier, she created a new Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction, and this was the first spin-off from AHS and Alberta Health.
Spending millions to split mental health, addiction treatment, and corrections health from Alberta Health Services and creating the 10,000-plus-employee Recovery Alberta agency was inspired by Marshall Smith’s ideas. (the first area to be split off from AHS)
Opioid deaths are down, and there could be several reasons. An expert encourages using the Alberta Recovery Model and Safe Consumption Sites. Minister Williams disagrees and promotes the Recovery Program only.
Marshall Smith works for Rubicon Strategy Inc., which liaisons with Capitol Counsel. They are navigating cross-border trade and government relations. There is no evidence of Alberta using this company to lobby in Washington.
Agreed, that's why we need to keep spreading the news. Frank Sinatra - https://youtu.be/Zr-cauL052I?si=8KEKEwuy8RtrpxdX (I want to rewrite the lyrics for spreading the news) We need to have fun with this and laugh. The right want us angry then they can point fingers and make fun of us. "We didn't change, The UCP did!" They are doing things they didn't campaign on.
This is a really super resource for facts about recent political history regarding addiction and treatment models. Do you mind if I share this on other social media?
Agreed, that's why we need to keep spreading the news. Frank Sinatra - https://youtu.be/Zr-cauL052I?si=8KEKEwuy8RtrpxdX (I want to rewrite the lyrics for spreading the news) We need to have fun with this and laugh. The right want us angry then they can point fingers and make fun of us. "We didn't change, The UCP did!" They are doing things they didn't campaign on.
This is a really super resource for facts about recent political history regarding addiction and treatment models. Do you mind if I share this on other social media?