Here's To The State Of The Golden Era....Verse 3

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Here's to the Lies of the Era's Spinners...

In the midst of all the plenty....A decade of children going down...

And the Seniors who need our help most...Get shuffled round and round...

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In 2001 the Era's Spinners made the following 'promise'.

"(We will w)ork with non-profit societies to build and operate an additional 5,000 new intermediate and long-term care beds."

Then, in April of 2009, the Spinner-In-Chief on that particular matter at that particular time said this:

"The government has created approximately 5,900 new spaces (for long-term care) since 2001, (then Health Minister George) Abbott told The Tyee Tuesday......"

Then the Era's Spinner said this:

(Mr. Abbott then) acknowledged that only 800 of these beds are long-term care, but the remaining spaces are assisted-living units -- "parallel," he said, to the intermediate-care beds made in the promise.....

In point of fact, between 2001 and 2009 access to residential care for Seniors dropped more than 20%. As a result the Golden Era's Leaders, Henchmen (remember CareNet?) and Spinners took us from near the top to near rock bottom* in access per 1000 seniors.

The definitive report on this aspect of the Era's duplicity from the CCPA, in which conflicting numbers from different ministries were unearthed, can be found here.

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Of course, this issue, which emerged in the month prior to the Spring 2009 election, had little or no effect on that election.

*Thank the Goddess for New Brunswick.

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