We are Doctors of Alberta We can’t strike We can’t negotiate We can’t quit But we can sing…sort of. 🎼To the tune of The Last Saskatchewan Pirate🎼 Performed by Captain Tractor and Doctors of Alberta Well, I love to be a doctor and I make a living fine I survived my years of training despite cuts by Premier Klein I found a job in my hometown, worked hard providing care Then Shandro tore our contract up and told us fair is fair. I looked for help from MLAs, the answer always ‘No’. ‘Help a doctor?’ They would laugh, ‘We’ll just let you all go.’ They said they’d find replacements but recruiting was a flop. So Shandro said he’d change the rules so we could never stop. Then I thought who gives a damn if Shandro throws a fit? I’m gonna be a doctor that stands up to this bullshiiiiiiit! And it’s a heave-ho! Hi-ho! Kick him out the door. He acts like he’s been trying to help But he just wants a war. And it’s a ho-hey! Hi-hey! Doctors bar your doors ‘Cause Shandro may stop by your house And scream at you some more. Well you think the local chaos would prove the plan is nuts But Kenney and his team won’t pause, they’ve got not friggin’ guts They won’t stand up, they won’t speak out, their approach to this is sick They’ll scrap with all their doctors in a global pandemic. Job offers come from Moose Jaw, they come from PEI They need more docs and happily request that we stop by Because they know that none of us are in it for the dough We’re working hard, we’re saving lives, we don’t deserve Shandroooooooo! And it’s a heave-ho! Hi-ho! Kick him out the door. He acts like he’s been trying to help But he just wants a war. And it’s a ho-hey! Hi-hey! Doctors bar your doors ‘Cause Shandro may stop by your house And scream at you some more. Well Kenney can be tricksy, he’ll lie to get your vote His Minister’s not qualified to manage a rowboat One MLA, he could speak out, but Roger Reid will dodge His loyalty’s to UCP so call him SALTY RODGE A doctor’s life’s not luxury, we’re hardly the elite We have no ‘issues managers’ – screw governing by tweet (SCREW IT) From Fort Chip to Pincher Creek, Lloydminister to Olds We’ll stand up to your Twitter thugs until your party foooooooooolds! And it’s a heave-ho! Hi-ho! Kick him out the door. He acts like he’s been trying to help But he just wants a war. And it’s a ho-hey! Hi-hey! Doctors bar your doors ‘Cause Shandro may stop by your house And scream at you some more. Well, the doctor’s life’s appealing, but you don’t just find it here I hear British Columbia is nice this time of year Saskatchewan has friendly towns and Manitoba’s…cold Ontario, the Maritimes, Quebec tout est bon. Well summer days are shortening and COVID rages on I wonder how this town will cope with all the doctors gone But all of us would love to stay – we don’t have to go Dump Shandro, get back to talks and don’t keep saying nooooooo! And it’s a heave-ho! Hi-ho! Kick him out the door. He acts like he’s been trying to help But he just wants a war. And it’s a ho-hey! Hi-hey! Doctors bar your doors ‘Cause Shandro may stop by your house And scream at you some more. Lyrics by Parveen Boora
