From newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca Thu Mar 10 19:54:41 2005 From: newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca (BC NDP NEWSWIRE) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:54:41 -0800 Subject: [LabComm] There will be no Joy in the Legislature Message-ID: There will be no Joy in the Legislature Today truly is the end of an era because today, after 14 years of dedicated service to the people of British Columbia, was Joy MacPhail's last day in the Legislature. For over a decade, Joy has been a dynamic force in BC politics. She was first elected to the Legislature in 1991 as representative for Vancouver Hastings. During her ten years in government from 1991 to 2001, Joy served in several positions as a senior minister, including Minister of Education, Finance, Health, Labour, and Social Services, as well as Deputy-Premier. Joy also served in a number of other senior government roles, Chairing Government Caucus, the Treasury Board, the Economic Council, the Cabinet Committee on Collective Bargaining and the Cabinet/Caucus Committee on Legislation. During the government years, Joy's other roll's included co-chair of the Legislature's Constitution Committee, was vice-chair of the Public Accounts Committee, and Government House Leader. Through her strong support for expanded childcare and affordable housing, Joy made a positive difference in the lives of many individuals and families in the province. As a strong environmentalist, Joy successfully advocated for a moratorium on the grizzly bear hunt. Joy should also be proud of the world renowned achievement of the NDP government in protecting BC's vital environment. Most recently, Joy has spent the last four years holding Gordon Campbell and his government's feet to the fire. Along with MLA Jenny Kwan, she was part of the two woman dynamo that made Liberal Cabinet Minister shake in their shoes, and left them speechless time and time again. Below are some famous quotes from one of the most charismatic politicians BC has ever seen: "We get it. You know what? We get it. We're a small but hardy band. There are two of us, and we know what you're doing. We know what you're doing to cover up for your recklessness and your own incompetence of a mere eight months. But you know what? It is only now that the rest of the public is seeing through what you're doing and is judging you on it, judging you on who you're attacking -- the most vulnerable -- in order to transfer wealth to the richest in this province." Second reading debate of the infamous Bill 29 Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act Saturday, January 26, 2002 "How have we become a lab rat in a failing right-wing science experiment? I wish I had the answer. I don't." Speech at a B.C. Federation of Labour convention. November 2002 "From Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark, we've all learned to stay the hell away from wooden decks." Referring to Harcourt's near-fatal fall from the deck of his Pender Island cabin, and the political fall Clark took after police investigated breach of trust allegations about home renovations, including a deck, done for Clark by a casino proponent. November 2003 "If the Interior is the heartlands, then the Liberals are the cholesterol." On the Liberal government's use of the word "heartlands" to refer to B.C. regions other than the Lower Mainland. February 2003 "This will be the pointiest picket in the fence that they've ever had to sit on." On the public fury the B.C. Liberals will face for privatizing BC Rail. November 2003 "Somehow the tobacco companies think everything is fine because we collect $480 million in taxes, which is the amount of money we spend on the health care cost of people dying." MacPhail, then health minister, says the B.C. government would give up every penny it gets from tobacco taxes if that would stop the "carnage" smoking causes. July 1997 "Most important of all, and closest to my heart, is my son Jack. After sharing me with the province, the legislature and the media ... he'll get to see more of his mother now -- which is, of course, just what every teenager wants to hear." Announcing she will not seek re-election. June 2003 "We'll be doing our best. I can't actually recall facing such a challenge ... perhaps giving birth to a son would be the only challenge I can think of that comes close." On facing 77 Liberal MLAs in the legislature after she and one other NDP MLA were elected. July 2001 "It will put British Columbia on the map with the biggest black eye it's ever had." On the Liberal government's decision to scrap the B.C. Human Rights Commission. May 2002 "The Liberals' New Era document, page 33, says: 'A Gordon Campbell government will serve you and all British Columbians with honour, respect and integrity' ... If the finance minister believes those words, he has no choice but to resign. Will he resign today?" On the RCMP drug and money laundering investigation that led to criminal charges -- including fraud, accepting bribes and breach of trust -- against David Basi, former aide to former finance minister Gary Collins, and Bob Virk, who worked for transportation minister Judith Reid. March 2004 "I always think going to the hairdresser is worth three months of psychotherapy." On why she changes her hair style so often. June 2003 >From all of your New Democrat sisters and brothers in BC and across Canada, thanks, Joy. Question period will never be the same. 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"Over the last four years, the Gordon Campbell government has done nothing to make it easier for foreign-trained doctors to get the credentials they need to practice in BC. My plan would change that." Currently there are only six residencies available to foreign-trained doctors. The NDP would increase the number of residencies to 20 for general practitioners and create five new residencies for specialists, giving more foreign-trained doctors the opportunity to use their skills helping patients in communities throughout BC. James said the additional residencies require a $5 million annual commitment from the province. She said the additional funding provides good value for money, given that the expense of educating these doctors has been borne outside BC. "Currently, British Columbia is training too few doctors to meet current and future demand," said James. "Moving now to increase the number of foreign-trained doctors practicing in BC is a critical step towards alleviating immediate health care pressures, particularly in rural communities." James said her plan also includes a commitment to work with the federal government to ensure new money allocated in the recent federal budget for foreign-trained doctors is used to develop national assessment standards to ensure foreign-trained doctors meet the high Canadian standards for treatment. "Providing for the health care needs of British Columbians requires a comprehensive approach to doctor training and recruitment," said James. "My plan to put foreign-trained doctors in practice is an important and cost-effective part of the solution." ---------- BACKROUNDER Foreign-Trained Doctors in BC ---------- "We have to attract and retain more foreign-trained doctors and nurses. A BC Liberal government will increase training spaces and recruitment of foreign-trained nurses and physicians." -- BC Liberal Party, New Era Platform, p. 24 "It's a Catch-22. They have to complete a residency but there are almost no residencies for them." -- Patrick Coady, Coordinator, BC Internationally Trained Professionals Network, Vancouver Sun, February 4, 2005. "If we train and fast-track all the [Internationally-trained] doctors in Canada, we would fill almost 50 per cent of our shortfall." -- Dr. William Clement, Vancouver Sun, February 4, 2005. ---------- THE ARGUMENT FOR FOREIGN TRAINED DOCTORS BC requires more than 400 new physicians each year to replace those retiring, moving to other jurisdictions, or reducing the time spent practicing. This number is required to maintain current levels of practicing doctors, and even more will be required as our population grows. Presently, there are not enough medical graduates in BC to meet this demand. A study by the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges shows that B.C. has only 3.2 medical school spaces per 100,000 people, the lowest of any province. By comparison, Alberta and Quebec each have 6.7 spaces, Saskatchewan has 5.8, and Ontario has five. Although the provincial government has promised funding to double medical school spaces by 2010, the results will not be seen for many years and will still remain far short of the province's and patients' needs. The investments in domestic training will only be realized over the long term, as medical training, even to be a GP, takes a minimum of six years from program entry to graduation. The Liberals have done nothing to expand the opportunities for foreign-trained doctors to practice in BC. BC IS IN COMPETITION FOR TRAINED DOCTORS All across Canada, physician recruitment is a key priority as shortages are being realised in many provinces, including Alberta and Ontario. Not only do we need to be training more doctors within our boarders, but we also need to be taking advantage of the trained doctors coming to Canada and British Columbia. Currently there are only six residencies available to foreign-trained doctors, and none available for specialist residencies. By comparison, Alberta currently funds 23 family practice residencies and 5 specialist residencies for foreign-trained doctors coming to that province. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE The 2005/06 federal budget invested $75 million over three years to be spent on developing an assessment program that evaluates the equivalence of training in countries outside what has been informally described as "Group A" countries (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US). Currently, Group A doctors can practice immediately upon entering British Columbia. In simple economic terms, investing in foreign doctors residencies to ensure their ability to practice here in BC - particularly in rural settings - makes sense. To unsubscribe or change your settings go to: http://www.e-2ve6y.signup2.bc.ndp.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca Thu Mar 17 16:06:05 2005 From: newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca (BC NDP NEWSWIRE) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:06:05 -0800 Subject: [LabComm] Campbell breaking new promise on long-term care beds - Kwan Message-ID: Campbell breaking new promise on long-term care beds - Kwan Gordon Campbell is using federal social housing dollars to boost tally Victoria - British Columbians are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to provincial and federal government partnerships to create assisted living beds in the province at the expense of real long-term care beds for seniors, NDP MLA Jenny Kwan said today. After breaking his promise to build 5000 new long-term care beds by 2006, Gordon Campbell has begun counting assisted living units in the tally in a desperate attempt to meet his new target of 2008. "Gordon Campbell is piggy-backing on federal government social housing projects in order to claim he is meeting the goal of building 5000 additional new long-term care beds," said Kwan. "If he was actually serious about fulfilling that commitment, he would have included long-term care funding in his pre-election budget." David Emerson, the federal Minister of Industry, was in BC this week to announce the federal government was teaming up with the Vancouver Island Health Authority in the creation of a 20-unit subsidized assisted living facility in Port Alberni. "This partnership means that the federal government can point to the project as part of its requirements to fund social housing initiatives, but it doesn't mean that Mr. Campbell can point to such a project as meeting his broken promise to build 5000 new long-term care beds. "This is a game of smoke and mirrors," said Kwan. "Instead of the community receiving funding for both much needed social housing and long-term care facilities for seniors, they get one facility that both the federal and provincial governments take credit for." Assisted living units are important in meeting the needs of those seniors still able to live independently, but such facilities do not ease the growing demand for long-term care beds in communities across the province. That demand has put increased, unsustainable pressure on acute care facilities and emergency wards all across BC. In 2001 Gordon Campbell promised to build 5000 new long-term care beds by 2006. Four years later communities across the province are dealing with net reductions of beds, causing hospital overflow and severe emergency room backlog. No funding for the creation of new long-term care beds was allocated in the 2005/06 budget. "Gordon Campbell needs to stop changing the definition of long-term care beds in order to cover-up his broken promises," said Kwan. "Instead of ensuring our public health care system is meeting the needs of seniors, Mr. Campbell is relying on spin and manipulation to cover his tracks." "British Columbians deserve to know the truth." - 30 - To unsubscribe or change your settings go to: http://www.e-2ve6y.signup2.bc.ndp.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Although the total cost of the bonus packages is not public, ICBC says they range from 18 per cent for lower level managers to as much as 45 per cent for senior executives. An ICBC spokesperson explained using the profits to offer rate reductions would be "rash". "I suspect the public has a different definition of "rash" than Campbell's appointees on the ICBC board," said James. "What's rash is for the government to use unexpected good weather as a convenient excuse to jack up bonus packages. James said that a blatant pay-off to ICBC executives at the expense of drivers undermines the reputation of the public insurance company in the eyes of the public - something that must be music to the ears of the private insurance lobby who have donated generously to the BC Liberals and who are benefiting from the Campbell government's stealth privatization of auto insurance. James called on Gordon Campbell to review ICBC's policy on the payment of bonuses to ensure that they result from good management, not unexpected good fortune. "Well-run public auto insurance has provided good value to drivers in BC for many years," said James. "But this kind of behavior shows that the BC Liberals don't care about what average British Columbians are paying to keep their cars on the road." - 30 - To unsubscribe or change your settings go to: http://www.e-2ve6y.signup2.bc.ndp.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca Wed Mar 23 15:35:04 2005 From: newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca (BC NDP NEWSWIRE) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:35:04 -0800 Subject: [LabComm] Campbell should reinstate independent watch-dog to ensure child safety in BC - James Message-ID: Campbell should reinstate independent watch-dog to ensure child safety in BC - James Vancouver - Premier Gordon Campbell should restore the independent office of the Children's Commissioner immediately, NDP Leader Carole James said today. "It's vital that the public regain trust in government's ability to protect children at risk," said James. "The best way to do that is to re-establish an independent office responsible for investigating children's deaths and injuries, free from political interference. "The tragic death of Matthew Vaudreuil taught us many lessons about the need for clear, unbiased monitoring of children in the care of the Ministry for Children and Family Development, as well as children known to the Ministry," said James. "It is shameful that the lessons of that tragedy and the recommendations of the Gove Report have been abandoned by Gordon Campbell." In 2002 the Premier eliminated the independent offices of the Children's Commissioner and the Advocate for Children, Youth and Families. Both offices were established by the then-NDP government in response to the recommendations of the Gove Report. In addition, since 2001, the Premier has cut the budget for the Ministry for Children and Family Development by more than $200 million. The government has not maintained public reporting on the deaths or critical injuries of child in care, and is now refusing to release the number of children known to the Ministry who have died or been critically injured. "Matthew Vaudreuil was a child known to the Ministry - not a child in care - when he was killed in 1992. Under Gordon Campbell's approach to child protection we have no idea how many more cases like Matthew's may have occurred in the last four years," said James While in Opposition, Campbell claimed to support the recommendations of the Gove Report, demanding the establishment of independent watch-dogs for child protection. "Once in power the Premier not only eliminated the child protection watch-dogs, but also shifted all responsibility for investigation to the coroner's office ???????? something he condemned when in Opposition, " said James. "The Children's Commission was a successful model, ensuring regular monitoring, ongoing independent investigations, and public reporting on the state of child protection," said James. "Mr. Campbell should admit his mistake now and reinstate the independent commissioner today." - 30 - To unsubscribe or change your settings go to: http://www.e-2ve6y.signup2.bc.ndp.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca Thu Mar 24 14:05:10 2005 From: newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca (BC NDP NEWSWIRE) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:05:10 -0800 Subject: [LabComm] Kwan Slams Hagen for Dismissing Call to Restore Children's Commissioner Message-ID: Kwan Slams Hagen for Dismissing Call to Restore Children's Commissioner NDP MLA says Children's Commissioner was no Paper-Pusher VANCOUVER - NDP MLA Jenny Kwan today slammed Children and Family Development Minister Stan Hagen for saying that restoring an independent Children's Commissioner is a "bureaucrat's" response to child welfare. She said that Hagen's remarks show that the Minister is not up to his job and that he shouldn't be responsible for children at risk. "If Stan Hagen thinks that the independent Children's Commissioner was just another 'bureaucrat', then he really shouldn't be in charge of a ministry where the lives of children are at stake," said Kwan. Kwan reminded Hagen that the office of the independent Children's Commissioner was established in response to the recommendations of Justice Thomas Gove following the death of Mathew Vaudreuil. She said that without an independent watchdog, the public has no way of assessing the adequacy of the government's response to child deaths and injuries. "Justice Thomas Gove and the Children's Commissioner were no paper-pushers," said Kwan. "They worked day and night to see that every child death and injury was fully investigated and that we learned something from the tragic death of Mathew Vaudreuil. Either Mr. Hagen thinks that work wasn't important, or else the BC Liberals have something to hide." In 2002, the Campbell government eliminated the independent Children's Commissioner and transferred responsibility for investigating child deaths to the Coroner's Service - despite Gordon Campbell's own acknowledgment in Opposition that the Coroners' service "is no substitute" for the reviews recommended by Gove. In addition, by the government's own admission they have not provided the Coroner's service with sufficient resources to do the job, and since 2001 has carried out no full, public investigations. "After four years of BC Liberal chaos, mismanagement and cuts at the Ministry of Children and Families, the need for independent oversight of child protection is BC is greater than ever," said Kwan. - 30 - To unsubscribe or change your settings go to: http://www.e-2ve6y.signup2.bc.ndp.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca Wed Mar 30 11:40:08 2005 From: newswire at news.bc.ndp.ca (BC NDP NEWSWIRE) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:40:08 -0800 Subject: [LabComm] CN Railcar Shortages Threaten Regional Economic Stability -- James Message-ID: CN Railcar Shortages Threaten Regional Economic Stability -- James NDP Leader Asks Auditor General To Assess Impact on Local Business and Communities Vancouver -- In the wake of reports of shipping delays and rail car shortages along the former BC Rail line, BC's independent Auditor General needs to assess the impact of CN's poor performance since purchasing BC Rail from the Gordon Campbell Liberal government, NDP Leader Carole James said today. "Concerns coming from shippers and mills along the rail line demonstrate a clear need for the Auditor General to determine why such problems are occurring," said James. "All Northern and Interior residents hear from the Liberal government is spin; they deserve to know what's really going on along the former BC Rail line." According to a Canfor Daily Newsletter, released on March 23, 2005, warehouse pulp inventory "has reached a critical level" due to a lack of railcars available for transferring goods to market. As a result of the backlog, warehouses are forced to erect temporary shelters for goods, and businesses are incurring financial penalties for late delivery. An increased use of trucks, as an alternative to transport goods, is having an economic impact on the bottom line of local businesses as truck shortages also loom on the horizon. "The failure to get products to market in a timely fashion is limiting the ability for industries to prosper, and threatens economic stability and job security for the region," said James The government's briefing on the sale of BC Rail in November 2004 claimed that reduced rates and faster shipping times were to be among the benefits of the sale. "These benefits are not being realised by the mills dependent on the rail line," said James. "CN's failure to deliver on the government's public commitment is having a significant and negative impact on regional industry." James said that given the political sensitivity surrounding this issue, and the partisan interests of all participants as the provincial election nears, it is appropriate for the Auditor General to investigate why these delays are happening, if they constitute a breach of commitment, and what remedies exist to assist businesses negatively impacted thus far. "It is my sincere hope that the Auditor General will agree to review and assess the impact of the current situation for the benefit of regional industries, local communities and the public trust." -30- --------------------------- Wayne Strelioff Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia 8 Bastion Square Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 SENT BY FAX TO:250.387.1230 March 30, 2005 Dear Sir, A number of concerns have recently been brought to my attention with regard to service levels provided by CN since the sale of BC Rail. It has become apparent that delays in shipping times and railcar shortages are posing a threat to northern industry. These concerns coming from shippers and mills along the rail line must be addressed, and demonstrate a clear need for your office to determine why such problems are occurring. According to a Canfor Daily Newsletter, warehouse pulp inventory "has reached a critical level" due to a lack of railcars available for transferring goods to market. This concern is coming from a number of mills, and as a result some operations have had to erect temporary facilities to store finished pulp inventory that, due to railcar shortages, is unable to be shipped. According to the government's briefing that outlined details of the sale of BC Rail to CN in November 2004, reduced rates and faster shipping times were to be some of the benefits of the sale. These benefits are not being realised by the mills dependent on the rail line. CN's failure to deliver on the government's public commitment is having a significant and negative impact on regional industry. I am aware that CN has officially stated that poor weather is to blame for the shipping backlog and railcar shortages. However, managing northern BC winters should come as no surprise to CN, nor do weather conditions answer for the lack of railcars operating on the line. In fact, BC Rail faced such weather conditions and never had such shortages occur. I also have broader concerns that CN's railcar shortage is North America-wide, and will only worsen as export traffic increases to meet the growing needs of the American market. For example, backlog at the Port of Vancouver will potentially be the next point of concern in the shipping line -- a reality that would further impact the region's ability to be competitive and efficient. With shipping backlogs, I can only assume that mills are incurring financial penalties based on late delivery and may even be facing a loss of valuable customers due to an inability to meet delivery targets. It is my further understanding that mills are now relying more heavily on trucks for shipping in an effort to meet delivery deadlines. Such trucks are already at a premium and as a result, a truck shortage is already on the horizon. The failure to get products to market in a timely fashion is limiting the ability for the pulp industry to prosper, and threatens economic stability and job security for the region. I am sure you would agree that all of the above are undesirable and hold potentially devastating outcomes for our province. Given the political sensitivity surrounding this issue, and the partisan interests of all the participants as we enter the election period, it is appropriate for the Auditor General to investigate why these delays are happening, if they constitute a breach of commitment, and what remedies exist to assist businesses negatively impacted thus far. There are a number of outstanding questions with regard to the sale of BC Rail. These questions have been asked often, but without an independent assessment of the impact of the sale they have not, and will not, be answered. What I have raised today only adds to those mounting unanswered questions. It is now time for answers. It is my sincere hope that your office will agree to review and assess the impact of the current situation for the benefit of regional industries, communities and the public trust. Sincerely, Carole James Leader, BC News Democrats cc. Gordon Campbell, Premier To unsubscribe or change your settings go to: http://www.e-2ve6y.signup2.bc.ndp.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It shows that the Liberals have learned nothing and have a hidden privatization agenda." In response to an NDP question about what public assets the BC Liberals plan to privatize if re-elected, the Finance Minister mounted an aggressive defence of the Liberal record, saying that privatization is a better value for taxpayers, including contracting out of health services. "If health care privatization was such a good deal, patient care in BC would be improving. But it's not. After four years of privatization, patient care is getting much worse. And pressing even further to privatize services will only hurt patients more," said James. James said the NDP will halt the privatization of health care. She said that her plan will focus resources on patients rather than profits with innovative solutions such as not-for profit surgery centres. "My plan protects and improves public health care. 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