Aug25
Controversy erupted recently when the District of Sechelt and the Ministry of Transportation decided that highway widening at Davis Bay would require the removal of parking, landscaping, and memorial benches.
The decision followed a public consultation meeting at which community members expressed their views. I have attached an Accident Report for the Davis Bay area for 2000 to 2009. Read More
Aug6
Recently, news reports have told us how the Crown Corporation, Community Living BC (CLBC) has gone around the province to re-assess the “disability level” of adults with developmental disabilities. The new system matches a number representing their level of disability, with a fixed dollar amount. That amount will be all that the government will provide to that agency, to deliver the range of services required. This re-assessment is aimed at finding more savings – by forcing the organization to close group homes and cutting day programs.
As reported in the Powell River Peak, families of people with developmental disabilities were very concerned when they heard that re-assessments were going on without their input. They were not even told the criteria being used to assess their love ones’ needs. Read More
Aug3
Recently the Globe and Mail reported that government doctors and scientists were conducting experiments on their teenaged psychiatric patients, boy sex-offenders, using a penile plethysmograph.
A penile plethysmograph is not an assessment tool of any value and has shown, over decades that it cannot identify future risk. Nor is it a treatment technique, as its use cannot prevent relapse. Nobody has examined if it could actually cause relapse. Despite dubious scientific and ethical grounds, MCFD has allowed it to be used –not just on youth -but incarcerated youth in their care. Read More
