How did it happen?

How did it happen that too many Canadian officials and Canadian policies stopped caring about the sick, the poor, and the elderly? Not to mention the animals ..... The elderly too often are the sick and the poor. The cost of caring for pets makes it very difficult for many that would be wonderful pet owners if only they could afford the expensive food & health care for animals. 

What are we doing to help the elderly stay in their own homes? Why aren't there programmes to help with shopping; snow removal, that kind of stuff for seniors who often leave their homes only because they can't do these jobs anymore. 

PSW's have a heck of a job; on very low pay they are expected to often be alone with so many patients in need of care. We have doctors who can't diagnose yet don't want to give referrals. We have nurses who are tired from working too long hours on difficult shifts. 

I could rant all day but enough is enough. How did it happen? How is it that we are going so wrong ... in the wrong direction? Yes, the middle class can use some help but help is what is most needed by the sick, the poor, and the elderly...... and the animals.  

Yes, I write about social issues.  I write about the poor, the sick, the abused, the elderly, and the animals.   I write about them because I care about them.

People don't want to read about the shocking sadness of social issues personified?

People don't want to think about them?

People don't want to know about them?

If things keep going the way they are currently,

one day

you may be one of them.

 

It's time to start thinking about how we can help

the poor, the sick, the elderly......

and the animals.