[1] HSAA membership include employees in Alberta's public and private health-care sectors, such as "paramedics, lab technologists, psychologists, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists.

[3] In February 2020, the consulting firm Ernst and Young, submitted their commissioned report to Premier Kenney, in which they recommended "contracting out surgeries, hospital food service, housekeeping, laundry, security, laboratory testing".

[4] The HSAA warned that "contracting out surgeries, hospital food service, housekeeping, laundry, security, laboratory testing and more will lead to bigger hits to government coffers down the road.

[5] The Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9) which became law on June 20, 2019, suspended and delayed hearings related to wage arbitration for Alberta's 180,000 public service workers represented by unions in 24 collective agreements,[6] which included the HSAA, until August, when Janice MacKinnon's "Report and Recommendations: Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances" was submitted.

[2] In his February 6 statement, Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews said that the UCP provincial government prioritizes "service delivery over salary increases for public sector workers".