Thursday, Feb. 16: On equitable access to health care service\u003B and, can the LRT be salvaged?
Transgender individuals are not receiving adequate health care in Ontario. While most have many of the same health needs as the rest of the public, some require unique forms of care that they are unable to access.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
To fight this, Ontario must adopt specific policies, programs and services to address the existing health disparities between the transgender community and the general population. The first step is to adopt . By shifting the narrative and making health care for the transgender community more accessible, the inequalities such as the disproportionate rate of homelessness, the higher risk of HIV, and negative impacts on mental health among transgender individuals will decrease.Article contentCan the LRT even be saved?So much has been said and written about the LRT’s woes. The commentary has been mostly about what went wrong, who is to blame and what should be done next time.
Alstom’s lead engineer testified before the commission of inquiry in June that the “track gauge — the distance between the rails — is narrow.” This causes vibration on the train bogies that hold the wheels and axle components. Thus the trains are compelled to crawl through any bend or curve in the track. Rapid transit, it is not.
Add this to the numerous other difficulties confronting the LRT. Is it not time to throw in the towel and bury the whole project before countless more millions, or billions, are poured down the drain? As former regional chair Andy Haydon asked from the start: “What’s wrong with buses?”
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