The government of Alberta is launching a digital platform to store all government-issued documents on mobile devices, starting with health care cards.
A digital version of Albertans’ health care cards will be the first document available in a newly launched app called the “Alberta Wallet,” which will allow residents to carry and manage government-issued documents on their phones, Premier Danielle Smith said at an Aug. 29 press conference.
She said the new optional tool will address the “ongoing embarrassment of the flimsy paper Alberta health care cards,” while offering Albertans “ease of use and convenience.”
“Our world is digital, and people have embraced this in droves—we developed the Alberta Wallet because Albertans expect their government to keep up with them,” she said. “We are adapting to an always-on high-speed digital future.”…