Lethbridge NDP office

Rally scheduled for June 25 at St. Michael’s Seniors Care Center

June 23rd, 2009

A number of groups* concerned about the current threats to our Medicare System have arranged a Press Conference announcing our support for maintaining our single payer public health system and a Rally organized by Friends of Medicare in Support of Senior Care and for support for reopening St. Michael’s facility is planned for noon Thursday, June 25th at St. Michael’s. Please see copy of the Press Release attached.

We invite you to join us at the Rally scheduled as follows:.

Location:

St. Michael’s Health Center, 9th Ave. 13th Street South

Date: June 25, 2009

Time: 11:45 am to 1pm approx.

*Participating groups:
Friends of Medicare, Lethbridge & District Labour Council, United Nurses of Alberta, Womanspace Resource Centre, Council of Canadians, Lethbridge West and East NDP Constituency Associations, and the Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group.

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Lethbridge Town Hall on Health Care

June 11th, 2009

NDP leader Brian Mason participated in a well attended town hall meeting in response to the government’s intended changes to health care. Here are some of the videos shot that night:

Next, Diane Poynter:

Michelle Day:

Bev Muendel-Atherstone:

Brian Mason:

Brian Mason (continued):

Virgil Grandfield:

Virgil Grandfield (continued):

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Health Care Matters

June 9th, 2009

Concerned Lethbridge citizen, Virgil Grandfield, has written a heart breaking story about his father developing Alzheimer’s Dementia. The really brutal part of the story is the sinister agenda being played out by the provincial government.

Brian Mason was in Lethbridge on Monday speaking about this health care issue (pdf) at the Public Library from 7:00-9:00pm. Video of this event is available here and on Youtube.

Here is Virgil’s story (after the jump):
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