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child-care ad

Dear Editor:

Has the North Shore News no
commitment to truth in advertis-
ing?

A recent paid article on child
care contained a number of impor-
tant omissions, several inac-
curacies, and at least two misrep-
resentations.

Omitted: the fact that the pro-
posed Child Care Strategy would
give tax relief only to employed
parents who can find licensed
day-care and can afford to pay
$2,000 to $4,000 a year for it. One
prominent critic referred to ‘‘token
tax credits for poor parents and
generous tax deductions for rich
ones.”"

Omitted: the fact that the gov-
ernment proposal to create new
child-care spaces will be im-
plemented over seven years. (The
children who need the spaces will
be in school by then!)

Omitted: the fact that the cre-
ation of new child-care spaces is
dependent on provincial decisions.
Premier Vander Zalm could con-
ceivably use all shared grants for
parent subsidies, without ensuring
a single new space.

Misrepresented: the ad speaks of
“new licenced (sic) child-care
spaces,’’ but the government’s own
estimates suggest child-care spaces
will actually be fimited to the pres-
ent rate of increase or less,

Seriously Misrepresented: the
New Democratic Party’s child-care
policy, which is aimed at giving
parents CHOICES about the kind
of care they wish for their
children. ‘‘The New Democratic
Party supports a multi-faceted
system to meet the varicty of needs

Dear Editor:

It is necessary to write to you to
let you, and the residents of North
Vancouver, know what a wonder-
ful group of professionals work in
the Palliative Care Unit at Lions
Gate Hospital.

My mother, Cleta Kannon, bat-
tled with cancer for the last five
years, and recently passed atvay in
LGH. During our five year fight
with cancer, we needed to call
upon the the PCU staff numerous
times. We were extremely fortu-
nate 10 receive outstanding home
care, and phenomenal hospital
care.

The nurses, volunteers and
Susan Hogman (social worker), in
our eyes, are close to sainthood.
This very special breed of profes-
sionals helped us in so many ways
— too numerous to account for. In
gencral, all of our needs, medical,
emoticnal and religious were
always first and foremost in the
PCU staff's minds. There isn’t one
staff member who did not perform
her job with utmost compassion,
efficiency, expediency and trust.

The North Shore is very fortu-
nate to have such exceptional ser-
vices for the terminally ill, and my
mother and my family are grateful
to have been in touch with them.
Joanne Kannon
North Vancouver

7 - Friday, Augus¢ $2, 1988 - North Shore News

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of Canadian families and
children...providing parents with a
range of options for the care of
their children, including day-care
centres, parent cooperatives, after
school care, neighborhood drop-
ins for mothers, fathers and
children and approved private
home care...available at the times
and places according to families
needs.’* (Submission to the Special
Committee on Childcare).
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