Dear Editor,
During this election campaign, the political advertising is slick. I decided long ago that I should base decisions on facts, not cartoon ads or demonic pachyderms.
I recently have joined the ranks of the disabled, we all do eventually. Due to recent surgery, I have had to rely on the healthcare system and HandyDART. It was essential for me to look at how each party focused on the lives of seniors and disabled people. Having done so, I made some interesting observations.
Whereas in their party platform documents, each major party promises some form of improvement in health care, only the NDP mentions HandyDART. The Liberal platform focused much interest in the sale of alcohol, mentioning wine and beer more than six times. Uber and ride sharing also warranted a major section in the Liberal document where HandyDART is left in the cold.
If elected, Liberals who supported a nine-year freeze in funding for HandyDART will be happily taking Uber to their wine and cheese parties while the growing seniors and disabled communities will be homebound.
Mark Beeching
Langley
