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Send a Message to Premier Clark today!

ScroogeTake action now and send a letter to the provincial government demanding that it reverse the residential care rate hike.

In 2009 the province revealed plans to increase residential care rates to up to 80% of residents’ after tax income. The first round of rate increases introduced early this year caused profound financial and emotional hardship for many seniors. Now, seniors are discovering more bad news amidst their holiday mail: notices that they will be charged an even higher rate in the coming year.

The new rate structure allows for a minimum of $275 per month for residents to cover personal expenses. For many seniors, this is not enough to cover basic things like dental care, hygiene products, recreation, etc. Furthermore, those on income assistance only retain $95 per month for personal expenses.

The BC government needs to stop putting an unnecessary burden on seniors. Instead, the province must invest in public health care and promote public solutions, not levy penalizing user fees.

Step 1 - Your Message to Premier Christy Clark goes here: (feel free to write in your own words)

 

 

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 cc:  
Adrian Dix, BC Leader of the Opposition
 Mike Farnworth, MLA, Critic for Health

 

 

Dear Premier, I do not want you or the government to keep my name and contact information or for you to contact me. I am supplying my name and information in case you need to verify that I am a real person.

 

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