A CBC article dated September 14, 2010 titled "Vancouver health veteran blasts B.C. cuts" quotes Dr. John Blatherwick a respected former health officer as he protested proposed cuts to senior care. He notes the cuts will cost more in the long run and will reduce the quality of care for seniors.
These cuts should come as no surprise. I believe they illustrate the priorities of Gordon Campbell and his Liberal government.
When he first got elected in 2002, Gordon Campbell promised new senior care beds. These have not materialized.
He promised that health care was a priority with the promise of care where and when you need it. He delivered emergency room closures, reduced services and privately funded hospitals that audits show are more expensive.
He ballyhoos that his government has increased spending in health care but doesn't note that costs are increasing faster than the increases.
At the same time, he transfers $2 billion a year in taxation from business to taxpayers. He goes over budget on the Olympics. He reduces benefits to workers who are injured on the job.
The reduction in services to seniors is just another example of where Gordon Campbell's Liberal government chooses to cut services to people at a time he is reducing taxes to business.
When it comes to a choice between citizens in need and business interests, we have another example of his priorities.
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