Indifference to life
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The Harper government shipped body-bags to two first nation communities as “preparation” for a potential flue pandemic. The federal Conservative government previously refused to ship hand-sanitizers because they said aboriginals could not be trusted with hand washing supplies. With the recent shipment of body bags the message that our indigenous community heard is, just bag your dead.
We heard the Minister of Agriculture laugh at the dozens of listeriosis deaths; We’ve seen Mr. Harper cancel the medical-isotope cancer program. We watched Mr. Harper fail to defend the integrity of our health system against an avalanche of slander in the US healthcare debate. Now, the Harper government has let racist attitudes creep into Canadian healthcare.
The capricious indifference to life and healthcare in Mr. Harper and team is breathtaking—in more than one way..
Eugene Parks
Victoria BC
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