Alberta premier defends COVID-19 report, unsure which recommendations to take [Video]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s not sure which recommendations from a controversial COVID-19 report her government will implement.

The 269-page report, released publicly without notice Friday, was done by a government-appointed panel and calls for limits on COVID-19 vaccines and for health professionals not to be punished for promoting alternative treatments.

The $2-million review has been panned by doctors, academics and the Opposition NDP, with Alberta Medical Association president Dr. Shelley Duggan and the Canadian Medical Association accusing the report of being anti-science.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Smith said critics of the report are trying to control the narrative and said she doesn’t want to see “contrarian voices” shut out when reviewing pandemic response measures.

“I know there’s been a narrative, and the narrative has been enforced by shutting down contrarian voices,” she said.

Smith cited the report’s recommendations around halting vaccines for healthy children and teens as something …