| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1951 | Sherry Weninger | |
| 1952 | Bryce Fournier | |
| 1953 | Nikkyla Fournier | |
| 1954 | Stephen Harvey | |
| 1955 | Phil Smith | It's time we start putting people ahead of corporate profits. We have a “booming economy” and the highest rates of homelessness and child poverty in the country. How long are we supposed to put up with this? |
| 1956 | Rob Knechtle | |
| 1957 | Cathy Abraham | I am very disturbed that government has separated services for children and adults with special needs. This decision, done without consultation, does not meet the needs of families that strive to ensure continuity for their children. It does not reflect best practice in ensuring fairness and equity of services. It is not a decision prompted by best practice. It is a political maneuver.
When the Liberal government was first elected, I felt strongly that it was driven by the desire to improve life for every person in this province. I think that passion is being forgotten in the quest for power. Power without passion is meaningless. It doesn't serve people - especially those most vulnerable people - our children. |
| 1958 | Joan Bigford | |
| 1959 | David Paterson | |
| 1960 | jean madigan | PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO PETITION I HOPE IHOPE I AM NOT TOO LATE. |
| 1961 | Gila Yuzik | It is unbelievable that in a day of disabilites which cause huge social disorder that government is stuck on such an archaic criterion. I suppose they woul rather put money into jails and instituutions! |
| 1962 | Barb Davies | Please do not make the IQ level of 70 the cut-off. There are more children, youth and adults with disabilities with IQs over 70 who desperately need help. Instead of making the low IQ a prerequisite, look at the person's executive and adaptive functioning instead. The persons with IQs over 70 are a high percentage of the prison population and homeless. Wouldn't it be less expensive for the BC Government to support our people before they become entangled in the justice system, before they are on the street corner selling themselves for the next fix, before they are a victim of their own vulnerability, before they are sleeping on a park bench, and before they have children of their own? The government should also consider the burnt-out parents and caregivers. |
| 1963 | TERESA D PALANT | |
| 1964 | ROY J PALLANT | |
| 1965 | Anonymous | You have to be a parent of a child with special needs to understand. If you want to hold the power to run our lives and decide on our children's future - you must have the ability to step into our shoes. IF you did that - you would never have come-up with such ridiculous policies. |
| 1966 | David Ballentyne | |
| 1967 | Patricia Ballentyne | |
| 1968 | Tracie Fawkes | |
| 1969 | Dawn Christian | Yes, I absolutely believe that Community Living BC should provide a SEAMLESS lifelong system of support for children, youth, adult and their families who have special needs. The needs do not go away just because someone becomes 19. |
| 1970 | Anonymous | |
| 1971 | John Skuse | |
| 1972 | Anonymous | |
| 1973 | Linda Duchesne | my daughter was denied support because her IQ exceeded the 70 IQ requirment by a couple numbers. We as a family are going to fight tooth and nail for this essential service. We will not stop. |
| 1974 | Terry Taylor | |
| 1975 | Anonymous | the government's position is a disgrace; it has no regard for it's most vulnerable citizens ; the government should be spending money on services to the disabled who in most cases need lifelong support before spending so much money on the Olympics. |
| 1976 | Allan Price | |
| 1977 | Jennifer Strohschein | Please remember the humanity of these valuable members of our society, treating them with the respect and providing the support they both need and deserve. |
| 1978 | Anonymous | |
| 1979 | Anonymous | |
| 1980 | Geli Bartlett | A sense of personal security, continuity and caring is important to all of us but is absolutely crucial to those who are so dependent on the services of others. Nourishment, shelter and medication don't achieve nearly the same positive outcomes without the fourth and vital ingredient, security. Just think how your general health and productivity are compromised when some aspect of your personal life is in jeopardy. And most of us have some measure of control over our lives. We owe it to the "dependent" members of our society to provide them with seamless and reliable care. Part of that is in recognizing , respecting and adequately rewarding the work of the caregivers. |
| 1981 | Andrew Nord | I disagree that an IQ of 70+ be used ss one of the measurements to determine the developmental disability status for a child/youth living in BC. To incorporate an IQ rate to determine the developmental disability of a child/youth will not be seamless. We need to provide assistance and a adequate social behavior education. It is imperative to assist these children today. It is certainly too late to wait until tomorrow when the chil/youth will be a homeless adult. |
| 1982 | Chelsea Burden | |
| 1983 | Denise Atkinson | |
| 1984 | Anonymous | |
| 1985 | Catherine Golinsky | |
| 1986 | Shirley Amendola | I just feel that unless you have a special needs child you cannot possibly understand how important it is to continue to support them throughout their life. As a former RN who has worked with special needs children my heart goes out to these parents. |
| 1987 | James Reynolds | It is time that we in this province start treating our most dependent members of society with humanity. British Columbia has a terrible record in this department. Just look at what happened in places like Woodlands. From day one in community living there have been nothing but cutbacks. |
| 1988 | Kim Hooulihan | |
| 1989 | Amanda Hamments | |
| 1990 | Donald B. Wilson | |
| 1991 | brett hearn | |
| 1992 | D.Douglas | IIt is better to spend $ on prevention of difficulties and develop happy functional adults than pay to fix the problems caused by inadequate support. |
| 1993 | Margaret Bell | My brother had Downs Syndrome and it would have been so much more difficult for our widowed Mother to deal with Ian's disability without the support of the Victoria Regional Association of the Mentally Handicapped and the sheltered workshop he attended daily. He loved going there and felt like he was making a worthwhile contribution to society by his work there, making trivets, sanding furniture to be sold and other projects. I would be willing to allocate more of my tax dollars to efforts to support these individuals who have a lot to give to society. |
| 1994 | Shani Gamble | |
| 1995 | Anne Walter | I feel very strongly that this has to be made a priority, otherwise the needs of these people will not be adequately met and they will have to, again, suffer the consequences of such neglect. |
| 1996 | Katie M McCaffrey | |
| 1997 | Cecilia de Groot | |
| 1998 | michael hampson | We must advocate for ourselves as nothing comes otherwise, lets form consociations to further our cause.stay strong yall.michael hampson..disabled advocacy group(DAG)..... |
| 1999 | david clapperton | |
| 2000 | Jean and Joan Godbout | |