The Campbell government has captured the front page with a hollow announcement about spending $22 Million on improving our collective health.
There are only two problems with this piece of puffery.
First, there is almost nothing substantive in the so-called plan. Who? What? When? Where? Only the Why is addressed and we all know that part already.
And second and most important, look at the "participants:" BC Lung, Canadian Cancer, Heart & Stroke, Dietitians, Diabetes, yadda, yadda, yadda.
No doubt all honorable institutions.
But this money will be parcelled among them and pay for the faxes and the coffees and the meeting to interface, and ... poof! Vanished....
More puffery indeed! More enabling the "health pimps" to make payments on their cars, and boats, and hot tubs and, patio furniture, and, and, and,...............
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