Letters, Sept. 28: Kudos to St. Paul's Hospital and its amazing staff

Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 01:00:04 +0000

I’ve just spent a week in St. Paul’s Hospital and want to share a few thoughts.

I could not imagine getting better care anywhere than I received at St. Paul’s. The doctors, nurses, security and housekeeping staff in emergency were all amazing. The cardio ward staff that I dealt with were so awesome I cannot say anything but thanks. They were all professional and provided nothing but the best care possible.

And those of you out there who think immigrants are an issue in this country, the amazing young people at St. Paul’s from many different heritages and ethnic backgrounds made me so proud to be a Canadian. What these people and their families have brought all of us Canadians is nothing but positive.

Our future is in good hands with these young people for many years to come.

Thanks, St. Paul’s, and all of the great people in our health-care system for your dedication.

Donald Sutherland, Pitt Meadows

As a Vancouver taxpayer, please allow me to express my total dismay about the proposed changes that may happen to the Granville Bridge. Why spend up to $30 million just to allow more pedestrians and cyclists the ability to use the bridge. It’s a bit ridiculous — it works well as it is now.

We all know that Vancouver has more rainy days than sunny ones, and from my observations, we Vancouverites do not walk much in the rain. Only a few diehards walk and cycle in bad weather.

A good example is the Cambie Bridge cycle lane, which is hardly ever used by cyclists, even on bright, sunny days.

I have a better solution to spending large amounts of tax money on the Granville Bridge, one that will be appreciated more and probably cost less to police. We should spend that money on housing for people who need it, especially in the Downtown Eastside, where low-cost housing is desperately needed.

But too much discussion and too little action is being taken. I think this should be put to the people and voted on rather than make it someone’s pet project.

Colin Booth, Vancouver

I’m tired of hearing about help for first-time homebuyers. We’ve been doing that for years, and many of those first-time buyers are stuck in their homes as they can’t afford their second larger house.

If we gave help to second-time buyers, they could move out of their first home and leave their current starter unit for one of those first-time buyers we are trying to help. We don’t want to keep building 700-sq.-ft. starter units that buyers can’t afford to leave.

R.W. (Bob) Garnett, Steveston

When it comes to consumer protection and environmental preservation, all levels of government have miserably failed us all.

Politicians have shamefully acted in favour of corporate interests instead of the public interest!

We have a polluted, toxic planet as a result. Hundreds, if not thousands, of species, are gone or are going extinct. Not to mention, people are eating mass-produced processed food full of chemicals and artificial ingredients.

I was happy to hear that Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg was suing major countries for failing to protect the environment. I am surprised the oil companies and the corporatist media haven’t gone after her yet.

It is the government’s responsibility to set high standards and regulations to protect consumers and the environment from harm. Leaving everything up to the citizens in the interests of public choice is a pathetic cop-out that has proven to be a failure.

My message to the political leaders is to do your job, or step aside and leave it for the next generation to clean up your mess.

Alex Sangha, Vancouver

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