Opinion

Sechelt Mayor and Council: I wish to extend heartfelt gratitude for your decision to proclaim July 9, 2016 Emilie Shaw Day in Sechelt, in honour of my mom’s 107th birthday.

Editor: Re: “Embrace VCH plan” by Daniel Fontaine, Letters, July 8. I have worked in seniors residential care for many years and find information in Mr. Fontaine’s letter misleading.

Editor: I attended along with many older adults the town hall meeting last week hoping to get some information about the proposed new extended care project. One day I might need this facility.

Editor: As Canada enters its 150th year, it faces no challenge more urgent or far-reaching than the reconfiguration of its energy supply.

Editor: Canada’s health care system is a group of socialized health insurance plans that provides coverage to all Canadian citizens.

Editor: It was standing room only for the meeting held on June 29 to consider the VCH plan to close Shorncliffe and Totem Lodge.

Editor: As a new senior, I find myself musing with some trepidation about what my decline to the finish line might look like. The apparent unfolding direction of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is not reassuring.

Editor: Some 250 people filled the Seniors Centre in Sechelt June 29 to hear a litany of concerns about plans to replace existing extended care facilities with a single new one that will ostensibly add 20 beds.

Editor: After reading what Vancouver Coastal Health said about residential care services on the Sunshine Coast, I checked the definition of privatization.

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