Livingstone-Macleod UCP candidate Chelsae Petrovic has been criticized by the Alberta NDP for comments made about healthcare. (Photo: @Chelsae4LivMac)

By Canadian Press

Southern Alberta UCP candidate says people who have heart attacks should be held accountable

Apr 11, 2023 | 1:41 PM

CLARESHOLM, AB – A United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate in southern Alberta is being criticized for saying people who have heart failure should take accountability for their own health.

Livingstone-Macleod candidate Chelsae Petrovic told “The Canadian Story Podcast” in February that people have heart attacks because they don’t take care of themselves and then make it the health-care system’s problem.

Petrovic, who is also the mayor of Claresholm, south of Calgary, has also been a nurse for more than 12 years.

Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips said Petrovic “thinks she knows who should get care and who shouldn’t,” adding that she believes Petrovic does not belong anywhere near the provincial government.

Premier Danielle Smith said Petrovic has clarified that she could have used better language.

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Smith came under fire last year for saying that early-stage cancer is within a person’s control.

In late March, UCP Lethbridge-West candidate Torry Tanner resigned after claiming in a video that children are exposed to pornography in schools and teachers help them change their gender identity.

Lethbridge News Now has reached out to Petrovic and the UCP for additional comments.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 11, 2023.

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