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Calling it a hasty decision fraught with road bumps, Alberta’s UCP government said it will review the previous NDP regime’s move to bring driver testing under the public wing.

Citing issues over cost, poor service and even criminality among privately operated driver examiners, the NDP government brought the system under government control, taking effect March 1.

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But some of those in the industry said that move was destroying their businesses and led to many driver examiners leaving the sector, reducing their ranks and leading to delays in testing.

On Tuesday, Transportation Minister Ric McIver said in a statement the earlier decision led to a “rushed implementation.”

“We recognize Albertans are frustrated by the backlog that the NDP created by launching a system that wasn’t ready,” McIver said.

He said the new government will review that policy with an eye to “ensuring that Albertans have timely access to the current road test system.”