Letters July 2: Inadequate health care in B.C.; Big Oil's mess; Centennial Square approach is wrong The Times Colonist Jul 2, 2024 7:00 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message An east-facing aerial rendering of Centennial Square during a fall market in a proposed redesign.
VIA CITY OF VICTORIA Listen to this article 00:15:24 Hospitals, care homes in a no-win situation Re: “A 92-year-old veteran, sent home by ambulance,” letter, June 29. At least this gentleman was sent home by ambulance, not a taxi. The hospitals need their beds for acute-care patients, and there is an eight-month wait list for a bed in a subsidized long-term care facility.
A no-win situation that can only get worse as the aging population grows. Thank goodness that MAID (medical assistance in dying) is available to those of us who do not wish to find ourselves in this poor man’s shoes at the end of one’s lifespan. Bev Ashforth, age 88 Victoria We are all paying for Big Oil’s mess Re: “Cumberland backs lawsuit against oil companies,” June 27.
The international companies that knowingly addicted us to their hazardous products should indeed pay their fair share of climate-devastating costs. We are each the same taxpayer at municipal, regional, provincial and federal government levels, and you and I are paying all the damage and mitigation costs while those companies rake in ballooning profits. It’s common sense to join the Sue Big Oil campaign.