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Seniors' care concerns should be taken seriously in this election

May 1st, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Health care

Access to residential care beds for seniors was dubbed “an election hotspot” by CTV early last week, and for good reasons. The party that forms government after May’s election will have to deal with the pressures that the aging population would put on the already strained system of seniors’ care in BC. Fundamentally, providing an [...]

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