What I, however, find indecent, prohibitive, shocking, even outrageous, are the interest rates charged by the banks on consumers' credit card balances as well as their service charges on banking transactions. The government's role is to protect users from this kind of shameless exploitation. Bankers should be called to order. This calls for some serious reflection on the part of these powerful bankers and the government. I have heard from Canadians from coast to coast who are incensed to learn of the existing Health Canada research funding priorities or lack thereof.
All illness traumatizes individuals and families and all death is tragic.
However, a total of 10,700 HIV cases with 7,400 deaths since 1980 does nothing to answer to the feeling of abandonment in 1995 alone of the almost 18,000 families affected by breast cancer or the 5,400 who buried their loved ones on account of this epidemic disease. Clearly this government has demonstrated no supportable criteria for the allocation of precious health care and research resources. Statistics Canada released the results of a study yesterday showing that most of the jobs being created in Canada are low wage often temporary service sector jobs which are demoralizing the 636 people who must rely on them for their family incomes. This comes at a time when the corporate and government sectors are also downsizing and laying off reasonably well paid long term employees despite their recording of large corporate profits. The work world is changing dramatically and it is obvious the federal government is pushing the negative aspects of that trend.