With labour shortages plaguing healthcare and the Alberta government taking a stunningly rigid and inflexible approach to negotiations, particularly in ensuring that Alberta's healthcare workers are paid fairly, we sat down with Health Science Association President Mike Parker for a deep dive on negotiating with Smith's UCP, the dangers of uberizing health care and the lack of an evidence based approach to Alberta's health care challenges! Don't forget, we have merch that's available at https://www.abpoli.ca/category/the-breakdown-ab! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/ thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at [email protected]! If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!