Health care concerns an early focus for Councillor Cunningham at UBCM

The first, and so far only dispatch of the Prince Rupert delegation at UBCM has been sent out, with Councillor Barry Cunningham providing some notes on some of his activities at the annual gathering of Municipal officials taking place this week at the Resort community of Whistler.

Mr. Cunningham. outlined some of his recent conversation on the state of health care in the community, noting through his social media stream of a meeting that he described as positive with Colleen Nice the Norther Health Board  Chair and Cathy Ulrich the President and CEO of Northern Health.

The Councillor notes he also has plans to raise the topic of ambulance care in the region, the Port Tax concerns, themes of reconciliation, as well as regional development.

Mr. Cunningham did not make mention of the Tuesday session on Health Care with Health Minister Adrian Dix and a large panel of participants, a that session the focus was one of re-envisioning health care in the province.

Reviews from the Afternoon get together however, seem to indicate that the delegates came away disappointed from the session and expressed frustration that the Minister did not address some of their many concerns.

A sample of the coverage of that key element of the week for UBCM can be reviewed below:

September 13 -- BC Mayors frustrated as health. minister blames Queen's death for non-announcement 

September 13 -- Adrian Dix makes no new promises at UBCM to improve doctor and ambulance shortage  

September 13 -- Dix offers words but no prescription as BC municipalities demand healthcare solutions 

September 13 -- Health minister leaves BC municipal leaders disappointed  

September 13 -- BC Health minister Adrian Dix says system in crisis since 2020 must be transformed 

September 13 -- Adrian Dix provides few details about changes needed in health care system: speech

September 13 --  BC health care in crisis, municipal leaders tell Dix

To this point the Prince Rupert Councillor is the only one of the council collective to make note of his attendance at UBCM. 

The City has yet to outline how large a delegation that it has sent to Whistler for the week of meetings, workshops and social activities. The convention which opened on Monday,  will wrap up on Friday.

You can follow the latest notes from the convention through our archive page.