Alberta MLA: ‘We Need a Regional Approach’ Rather Than Blanket COVID Restrictions

Alberta MLA: ‘We Need a Regional Approach’ Rather Than Blanket COVID Restrictions
Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes. Courtesy of Drew Barnes
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As Alberta reverts to more stringent restrictions in an effort to tame a spike in COVID-19 cases, one MLA says a regional approach to lockdowns would make more sense because not all areas are impacted equally by the virus.

“We need a regional approach, a targeted approach that recognizes that a lot of regions are not having a huge impact from COVID. The targeted approach would also include protecting our vulnerable and our compromised,” Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes told The Epoch Times.