Airdrie is the largest city in Alberta without a hospital. That needs to change.

The decision to build a hospital lies with the Alberta provincial government, but it is up to our local representatives—our MLA(s), mayor, and city council—to push for it. As your representative, I will be relentless in advocating for Airdrie to get the healthcare facility we desperately need.

And that need is undeniable. Our city is growing rapidly, and our residents should not have to risk long drives to Calgary in medical emergencies. Airdrie is the largest municipality in Alberta without a hospital, and needs it to address critical healthcare gaps, including labour and delivery, diabetes care, ultrasound, overnight beds, surgery, and every other situation that stretches, or is beyond, the abilities of the current Community Health Center.

Other cities have successfully secured major hospital funding—Red Deer was allocated $100 million in 2019 for hospital expansion, and that project has since increased in scope to $1.8B as per the majorprojects.alberta.ca website. Project to be completed by 2029. So 10 years from initial funding to project completion, which means that if we get a hospital funded for Airdrie today, it won't be completed until sometime in the mid-2030s. And, the estimated population for Airdrie in 2035 is a whopping 145000 residents. 

Everyone acknowledges that we cannot build a hospital on its own, but we can remove obstacles and make Airdrie impossible for the province to ignore. That requires leadership, strategy, and a fight that we are all ready for.

There is some encouraging news—a proposed “North Calgary/Airdrie Regional Health Centre” is currently under discussion. There’s no budget, location, or timeline yet, just a mention on a government website. But if we want to see real progress within the next decade, the time to act is now.

My commitment is to advocate relentlessly for Airdrie and hold the province accountable to ensure this proposal doesn’t remain just talk, but becomes a reality. This issue has been raised across multiple election cycles, it’s now time to move past talk, and start getting things done.