While
the provincial government has announced that physiotherapy in
the province will continue to be offered through Home Care and
in Long-Term Care facilities, this situation will benefit less
than 10 per cent of the population.
Although the
sports portion of the federal budget targets the 2010 Vancouver
Winter Games and seems to make little room for summer paralympic
athletes, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Heritage Canada
say they won’t be left out in the cold.
Because gym
memberships are so expensive, Diane Sauve had little motivation
to get fit. But after her husband saw an advertisement for an
affordable fitness program for women, she decided it was time
to get her life back.
Many Ontarians
will find it a lot harder to pursue a healthy lifestyle starting
April 1.
That’s when the provincial government’s decision to
remove physiotherapy from its public health insurance program
will come into effect. The policy change was handed down as part
of the 2004 budget.