Recovery in BC

I am just disgusted with the way Mr. Campbell and Mr. Harper decided that the addicted and the disabled could just fend for themselves with the meagre pittance they dole out for the ill.  Addiction is a disease - so are there various disabilities that have absolutely nothing to do with drugs and alcohol.

All funding for any programs for these groups of people was put into the pockets of the "leaders" of our provinces and country instead of going where needed.

The population is getting greater but instead of offering help, all of these people were shoved out into the cold, both disabled and addicted.  Where are all the individual houses that were supposed to materialize after all institutions were closed?  

There are hundreds and hundreds of people with addictions that would clean up if given the opportunity, but all the recovery houses, detoxes and treatment centres were shut down.  The only ones that were "allowed" to stay open were the for-profit - only!  All government funding for these programs was withdrawn from Ottawa and the Provinces.  How disgusting. Then some Senator has the gall to say theses people are (the elderly and the disabled) were a bunch of leaches living off the dole!

The cost of living raises for any of these people was chopped off when Mr. Harper was in charge of Canada.  No wonder so many who are disabled or elderly have to live on the streets!!  What happened to all the programs my father fought for in the war?

As a disabled person (physically disabled not an addict), my cost of living increases were under 3¢ per month some years - now I can never catch up.  Isn't it funny that the cost of living increases for rents were allowed to go up 10% per year! Yup, the land for the rich only!  

What happened to “our” Canada that was fair to everyone? Mr. Campbell and Mr. Harper is what happened!

A disgusted physically disabled person.

Kerry Kozak