[1] The 12-person advisory council, which was established by Ralph Klein, then Premier of Alberta in August 2001, was chaired by Don Mazankowski, who had previously served as cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney.
The Premier's Council was charged with evaluating Alberta's health care system and formulating recommendations for reform.
[1][3][4] The Alberta government accepted all 43 recommendations made by the Advisory Council on their report.
[3] Researchers from the University of Alberta's Parkland Institute criticised the report by saying "a move towards a for-profit system isn't supported by the government's own data.
"[6] The report of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, also known as the Romanow Report, entitled "Building on values: the future of health care in Canada", was submitted in December 2002.