Juan de Fuca-Malahat candidates discuss health, environment and affordability issues – Cowichan Valley Citizen

The three candidates in the Oct. 19 provincial election in the new Juan de Fuca-Malahat riding — the NDP’s Dana Lajeunesse, the Green’s David Evans, and the Conservatives’ Marina Sapozhnikov — recently discussed issues around health, the environment and affordability with the Citizen.

Lajeunesse said it’s no secret that the health-care system in the province is facing challenges, and the NDP government has been working hard to improve the public’s access.

He said the province’s new payment model for doctors that was introduced 17 months ago has already attracted more than 800 doctors to family practice.

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