The chickens are finally coming home to roost for Gordon Campbell and the B.C. Liberals. For years those working with the less fortunate in our society (the front-line troops) have been ringing the alarm bells that Gordon Campbell's cuts to social programs and services delivered to people were too deep and unnecessary. Now, the government's own task force is confirming those dire warnings.

The B.C. Liberals' task force on unlicensed drug and alcohol recovery homes announced on August 10, 2006, shows how badly Gordon Campbell's destructive social agenda has hurt the most vulnerable citizens in our society. In 2002, in his misguided desire to cut direly-needed programs for the less fortunate and funnel the so-called "savings" into the pockets of Big Corporations the Premier deregulated the province's alcohol and drug recovery homes. As a result, many patients are now fighting their addictions in poorly-run, inadequate and sometimes dangerous facilities.

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