In my opinion the crisis we’re in is due to all levels of governments past and present. Their lack of foresight and procrastination has created this mess.
Just recently my elderly father fell on an escalator at the Villa Casino, just five minutes from Burnaby Hospital. For an hour he lay bleeding, waiting for an ambulance that never came. The fireman carried him to our vehicle and was taken to the hospital. He stayed there for a week with cracked ribs, a hole in his face that needed to be closed as well as multiple cuts and bruises.
My daughter-in-law travelled out of province to have a cancer bioscopy. Now we’re asking Canadians already suffering to receive radiation treatments in the U.S. The population of Burnaby has increased 75 per cent since the late 1970s. While we will have a new city hall, Burnaby General Hospital after its redevelopment will have only 120 new beds. How can we support thousands of more people moving into this area?