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Petition
Presented May 12, 2008
Long term care facility for Conception Bay North
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MR. SPEAKER: The
hon. the Member for the District of Port de Grave.
MR. BUTLER: Thank
you very much, Mr. Speaker.
I want to present a
petition today with regards to the long term care
facility that was supposed to go ahead in the Conception
Bay North area. I know I have presented this petition on
numerous occasions. I know we did not hear anything - I
guess the news that we wanted to confirm in this
year’s Budget. All that I was asking for on behalf of
those residents is that government would take the time
and get the finances again - and have a reassessment
done.
There was an assessment
done back in 2002 and it was determined that they were
the number one priority on the list to have a long-term
care facility, a 240-bed facility in the Conception Bay
North area. I am just asking government if they would
reconsider that. It is an urgent need there, Mr.
Speaker. The facilities that are being used now are
inadequate in this day and age and the assessment that
was done back at that time confirmed that. I am just
calling upon all members to urge government to
re-evaluate the situation. I know the present minister
did tell me that the possibilities were there that it
would be looked at in the future.
So I am just calling upon
all members and more particularly the hon. members who
represent the areas that entail the Conception Bay North
area, if they would urge government to see to it that an
assessment would be done in the very near future with
regard to the long-term care facility for the Conception
Bay North area.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. |
