Dineli Fernando

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Dineli Fernando is a Master of Public Health student at the University of Toronto, with interests in health equity, access to health care, and how policy changes affect the lived experiences of individuals. In addition to her public health studies, Dineli is a fellow in the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact.

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Nov 2, 2026

by Dineli Fernando

‘We’re going to have the haves and have nots’: Concerns grow over Alberta’s referendum results on health care, education

Though limits and fees for access to health care, education and other social services by the province’s 279,500 non-permanent residents narrowly won support in Alberta’s recent referendum, the provincial government is widely expected to enact the changes – mostly because it tried to do something similar last winter.