2 years later & the promise remains unfulfilled. Meanwhile women, trans-men, & gender-diverse people must shell out hundreds of dollars a year for this basic care. 1/ #bcpoli#IWD2022@AccessBC
This gov't has shown its willingness to use its power in extraordinary ways, such as rebuilding the Coquihalla in record time, or pushing through problematic FOI legislation. There is no excuse for prescription contraception to remain behind a paywall. 2/ #bcpoli@AccessBC
With the rising costs of living, providing free contraception is a concrete measure that the @bcndp can put in place that will provide immediate and ongoing financial relief for people. 3/ #bcpoli#IWD2022
Seeing the disproportionate impacts that COVID-19 has had on women, trans people, and the non-binary community, we know the burdens have been multiplied.
We call on the @bcndp to fulfill their promise and implement free prescription contraception now. 4/4 #bcpoli#IWD2022
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Today I asked @adriandix whether he thinks that having a for-profit corporation that delivers profits to shareholders also delivering healthcare in BC is aligned with the principles of equitable, universal, public health care. 1/ #bcpoli#HealthCare#Health#HealthEquity
In BC, access to virtual health care, covered by MSP, is happening through Telus. But at the same time, @TELUSHealth is charging $1000 for annual screenings. But that is not all. 2/ #bcpoli#HealthCare#health
There is also LifePlus, offering the care we expect from a family clinic. The annual cost of enrolment in LifePlus is $4000 for the first year, and $3000 every year after. 3/ #bcpoli#HealthCare#health
For the past 6 years, our province has been in a public health emergency in which the toxic illicit drug supply has taken more lives than homicide, suicide, and car crashes combined.
These deaths are preventable. The policy tools are there but we haven't used them. 2/ #bcpoli
Current drug policy frameworks are rooted in prohibition, criminalization, and marginalization, and they are simply not working.
The Coroner’s Death Review Panel announced that from August of 2017 to July of 2021, over 6,000 people died from our toxic illicit drug market.
They've declared #safesupply as the first priority for people who use drugs, calling on the @bcndp to implement by May 9th. 1/ #bcpoli
These were preventable deaths if we had the right policy tools in place like #safesupply. This crisis intersects with our mental health crisis, our housing crisis, and our affordability crisis. 2/ #bcpoli
The supply of street drugs is getting deadlier, it is killing younger people, and it’s hitting everyone - those with substance use disorder, and those who use drugs recreationally. 3/ #bcpoli#safesupply
On #IWD, how do we value health for all? I'd argue that how we measure our economy & its progress indicators are crucial in achieving this.
Based on 3 guiding principles:
Value planetary health ✅
Value social foundations & equity ✅
Take human health seriously ✅ 1/ #bcpoli
As proposed by the @WHO Council on the Economics of Health for all policy brief, valuing Health for All means rethinking and building a whole-of-society approach. 2/ #bcpoli#BCEconomy#GPI who.int/publications/m…
We value planetary health, by protecting the integrity of essential common goods such as water and air, and by respecting the ecological boundaries upon which human health and well-being ultimately depend. 3/ #bcpoli#BCEconomy#GPI
If 1 in 10 bottles of wine killed people we wouldn't be “building a system of care” we'd move immediately to ensure that a #safesupply existed.
The @bcndp fundamentally misunderstands the toxic drug crisis. It isn't an addictions crisis but rather a health crisis. 1/ #bcpoli
How does the @bcndp plan to separate those who use drugs from the toxic supply with no additional funding for #safesupply in #BCBudget2022? Why do they lack the political will to implement the solution that saves lives? I asked @AdrianDix & @jjhorgan this today. 2/ #bcpoli
The @bcndp made no mention of #safesupply in their 2022 budget, instead a fixation on treating addiction. If every person with substance use disorder was to recover in BC, our toxic drug market would still kill people. Because not all people who use drugs are addicted. 3/ #bcpoli
Today I asked Premier @jjhorgan and Minister @AdrianDix if they acknowledge that #COVID19 is an airborne virus. The Premier did not stand to answer.
Minister Dix said this gov’t follows the “science” but not once said the words “COVID-19 is airborne”. 1/ #bcpoli#COVID19BC
We need to restore that crucial confidence in public health guidance and democracy. To do that, governments must be able to acknowledge mistakes and be willing to improve. 2/ #bcpoli#COVID19#COVID19BC
Patients, healthcare workers, teachers, and others are not being provided a critical tool to protect themselves against an airborne virus: an N95 mask. Nurses have filed a human rights complaint for being denied access to N95s their workplace. 3/ #bcpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/br…