A 150-200 . ped - _in-.

termediate care. ‘bnit is soon, :
to be built in ‘the: 1600 block’ :
Mountain Highway: Ail the
necessary ‘planning arid
paper work ‘has been com-
pleted. The’ red’ tape _bar-

ricades,. erécted: by: ‘various

levels of government, ‘have
been almost. Completely un-..
tangled.. .

The | tong - list of persons -

waiting to enter such a unit

‘makes ‘its final’ completion -

- date of the highest priority.
The’ approximately 1,000
beds now available on the
North Shore for extended
and intermediate care pur-
poses are far from sufficient
to keep up with the demand.
_ The long waiting list is con-
tinually. ‘growing.

Some .seven. years ago
North Van Branch 118 of the
. Royal Canadian Legion
began to -explore various
sites on which building such
a unit might be possible. Un-
fortunately their efforts met
with more frustrations than

ses. And the ever
rging. list of persons re-
ng: medical care
added greatly to

_ these frustrations. The re-

quirement soon became far
too large for one branch of a

‘service organization to

manage by itself.
Consequently, Legion

Branch 118, Unit No. 45 of:

the Army, Navy and Air
Force Veterans in Canada,

_ ‘the Northi Van Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis Club is president.

George Scholes, Bill, Sass

and Don McKay represent
Branch 118. P. (Blackie)
Blackford represents unit
No. 45.

An all-out effort by the
newly formed society, sup-
plemented with the expertise
the Kiwanis had gained from
experience, soon began to
show signs of progress. A
survey confirmed that the
three-acre plot made an

ideal. site for the proposed |

unit. Architect H. Leblond
has drafted a preliminary set
of plans for the building
which have been well receiv-
ed by the District of North
Vancouver. Victoria’ has
given verbal assurances that
the unit will go ahead. Ef-
forts are now being made to
have the bed capacity in-
creased from 150 to 200.

The total costs will be in

the neighborhood of $10

million. Although this sum
will eventually be absorbed

by various levels of govern-

ment, the bridging financing
is the responsibility of the

' fully met. -

each. The project is under-
way:

‘As Mrs. Stanfield, long
term care administrator for .
the North Shore Health
Dept. stated recently while
addressing a North Shore
and .Howe Sound Zone
meeting of the Legion, “the
government can provide the
basic facilities but in order to
ensure a health care project
is successful much effort and —
involvement by the com-
munity is also required.”

The North Shore Inter-
mediate Care Society is pro-
viding ample evidence that
these requirements are being

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We've been striving to draw the government's
“ attention to what we see as an injustice: the loss of
inflation protection for retired teachers. .

We believe our retired colleagues are entitled to full

pension indexing to protect them from the ravages of
inflation.

We're now in discussions with government: But we're
not being rigid.
A new approach

We have new information—a report by an
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The consultants report that government has used
teachers’ pension funds as a source of low interest
money. This produces lower investment returns than
other fair and sensible investment policies. |
We'll be discussing this report with the government
soon. *

We hope we'll be able to reach a solution that
“satisfies. everyone. We want to regain full indexing.
And a written commitment to continuing negotiations
on all pension matters.

But we can’t and we won't abandon
- our retired colleagues.

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British Columbia Teachers’ Federation