The Alberta government is saying doctor intimidation and bullying complaints will now be looked at in the public health inquiry.
Tuesday Health Minister Fred Horne made the announcement that an inquiry would be going ahead, saying that it would be looking specifically at patient queue jumping.
Opposition MLAs criticized the announcement, saying Premier Alison Redford made a promise to Albertans to investigate bullying of physicians, and that the recent report from the Health Quality Council backed up the need to look into the issue.
The government says that by investigating queue jumping, the inquiry will be investigating the issue of intimidation in the system by default.
"I'm still fully committed to an inquiry that will be independent judge lead to deal with queue jumping," Redford said Wednesday, "We're probably going to find as a result of that there were connections to doctor intimidation perhaps politician interference I don't know, that is why we need the independent inquiry."
Edmonton MLA Gene Zwozdesky backed up the Redford, "I feel confident that a judge lead inquiry into the allegations of queue jumping will also yield other information."
During the Conservative leadership campaign last summer Redford separated herself from the other candidates by promising a public inquiry into concerns raised about health care in the province.
"I want to be really clear the premier made a promise that we would hold an inquiry on queue jumping and that promise has been kept," Fred Horne said.
The judge led inquiry, which is set to get underway in the coming months, will likely call upon several former Health Minsters for their insights into problems in the system.
With files from Kevin Armstrong
