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Petition
Presented November 26, 2008
Long-term Care Facility for the Conception Bay North
Area
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MR. SPEAKER: The
hon. the Member for Port de Grave.
MR. BUTLER:
I will be brief, Mr.
Speaker, thank you.
I just want to present
another petition on a long-term care facility for the
Conception Bay North area. I want to go back, Mr.
Speaker, to 2003 in the Blue Book that was passed out to
the people of this Province, where they stated that they
were going to listen to the concerns of the people
throughout the Province in regard to long-term care
facilities.
We know at that time, Mr.
Speaker, there was already documentation on file within
the department that Conception Bay North was number one
priority with Corner Brook, and another assessment was
done in 2007.
They said that they would
listen to the people, and I am glad. The Minister of
Health stated very clearly, when he announced a million
dollars recently for the two long-term care facilities
here in St. John’s, that they listened to the
residents and their families.
I have to say, Mr.
Speaker, hopefully someone did listen at one point in
time in the Conception Bay North area, and I ask that
government would reassess the situation and take another
look at it, because not only do we feel in that area
that they are neglecting the views of the people that
have come forward in two different proposals but they
are also neglecting the views of the professionals on
the front line who also recommended that this facility
would go ahead.
I am just calling upon my
hon. colleagues in this hon. House, from the District of
Carbonear-Harbour Grace, the District of Harbour Main,
the District of Trinity-Bay de Verde, and the Member for
Bellevue, that they would ask government to reconsider
the situation and, rather than proceed with the
recommendations that there would be two facilities built
here in St. John’s - and I have nothing against two
facilities for St. John’s, but at least hopefully in
this year’s Budget that they will come up with funds
to say that the proposal for Conception Bay North area
will be reconsidered and they will announce it in this
year’s Budget.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. |
