There have been many letters written in this column about Vernon’s new hospital tower and the lack of funding to finish building it.
Our federal government has been subsidizing oil, coal and gas companies to the tune of $1.4 billion per year, plus giving them a tax break of $3,075,772,350 per year. These statistics are from the David Suzuki Foundation.
This money could have been transferred to our provinces to help fund our health care costs in Canada and could be used to pay for the costs of opening more beds in Vernon’s new hospital tower.
The Canadian taxpayer will also buy F-35 jet fighters at a cost of $30 billion, according to Canada’s leading military watch dog, Steven Staples of Ceasefire.ca.
Funding for health care would be a much better use of those dollars.
Some of the funding could go towards education about prevention of disease which could lower our health care costs and provide people with a better quality of life.
Terry Dyck
Vernon
