“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
Issue(s): Health, Health care system, Pharmacare
Projects & Initiatives: Public Interest Research Project (BC)
March 1, 2002
When the provincial government announced the sweeping income tax cuts last June, it promised British Columbians more money in our pockets. It sounded good on the surface, but ten months later it is becoming apparent that we are paying a high price for the tax cuts through reductions in government services. The leaked budget documents from the Ministry of Health Services, released by the Hospital Employees' Union last week, reveal the degree to which these reductions simply transfer costs from government onto the shoulders of individuals and employers.