Information

When posting information for the benefit of fellow islanders, it is helpful to do some fact checking. Saturna Island is having a referendum on a tax levy for their health centre on October 20th. The information on their proposed levy is posted on the Judith Fisher Centre website. It is very similar to the proposal for Lasqueti, and I quote the following as a good description of the similarities.

"The service is best described as a contribution service by which the CRD levies a property tax to provide secure and predictable operating funding for the Saturna Medical Clinic. The funding would be used to cover the community’s portion of the funding required to operate the Saturna Medical Clinic. The tax levy funding would not subsidize services that fall under Island Health’s mandate."

We are all in this together, no matter which way you lean on the referendum question. Let's all stay civil, stick to the facts, and avoid name calling and mud slinging, because regardless of the referendum result, we are our own best allies.