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So.
If it turns out that it costs an extra 10 or 20 or even 50 million bucks to fix the leaks, for real, that’s no big deal, right?
After all, it’s not like we are throwing handicapped people out of group homes or anything crazy like that for lack of ‘revenue’…..
…..Right?
“The closures (of group homes for the adult disabled) aren’t isolated. Community Living B.C. closed more than 40 group homes last year, forcing the residents to move and – often – reducing the support they received.
And the closures are not driven by revelations of waste, or innovations in support.
This is about cutting costs. The government has chosen not to put these families first.
According to CLBC, the amount of funding per client has fallen every year since it was created by the Liberals six years ago, under Christy Clark’s watch as children’s minister.
In 2006-07, the first full year of operation, funding provided an average $51,154 per client. This year, funding will be $45,306. And by 2013, according to the government projections, it will be cut to $41,225 per client.
If you factor in inflation, by 2013 the funding available for each client will be 30 per cent less than it was in 2006…”