fednesday, September 7,.1966

with more and —
etter programs”

Under Social Credit administration, per-capita ‘spending on. n-health and inclfare services is”
alteady 35% higher in Gritish Columbia thar-in any. other Canadian provi nee, ‘During the next .
seven years your. Social Credit Government will increase social assistance rates even more—;
and further increases will be made to the blind, retarded and intirm. -

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Your Social Credit Government already pe pays the highest old aga pension bonuses in Canada. .
During the dynamic years ahead, these bonuses will be steadily increased to further improve
the living standards of our seniot citizens,

Under your Social Credit Government's massive hospital construction program more than *
650 new hospitat beds are now being provided. Further projects involving 1878 more heds ;

are in thie advgnced planning. Stage. In additian, your Government will co- “operate fully with
local authorities to provide new facilities for the chronically ill.

Your Social Credit Government already has spent more on education than any previous
administration i in the Province's history. This expansion of facilities will be continued at all

‘fevels ~ elementary and secondary schools, universities, technical institutes, vocational
schools and employment: retraining facilities, ‘

The Sociat Credit Goverhment pioneered the “money: for-marks” plan which pays part of the’

“tuition fees of many university students, This widely acclaimed plan ~ still the only one of its

kind i in all of Canada - wil be extended to include thousands more students, and the percentage a
contribution of foes 5 paid by the Government will be increased even further.

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