Editor:
You would think that after more than 40 years in power, the PC government would know a thing or two about planning for an inevitable rainy day when the economy takes a downturn.
But over the past nine years they’ve been too busy deflecting scandals and choosing new leaders in their effort to cling to power.
The latest iteration in the PCs failure to plan is the further delay of the much anticipated Calgary Cancer Centre. Every day in Alberta, 43 people will hear the words “you have cancer.” Cancer patients in Southern Alberta are forced to use many different facilities in order to receive care.
They wait in overcrowded hallways, receive treatment in repurposed storage closets and are always in fear of falling through the cracks of a disjointed system.
The new Calgary Cancer Centre was meant to fix all of that by putting specialists, imaging, and state of the art treatment rooms under one roof. Already 10 years overdue, construction has been put on hold yet again due to the PC government setting the wrong priorities.
Hundreds of people from all walks of life demonstrated their dissatisfaction with the delay on the steps of the McDougall Centre on Jan. 28, chanting “build it now,” Jim Prentice and the PCs have ignored this message and turned their backs on Albertans.
During the good times, the PCs have squandered our energy royalties and left us high and dry when it matters the most. Albertans deserve a government that will set the right priorities, plan for the future and ensure the services they depend on will be there when they need it.
Cameron Westhead,
Bragg Creek
