BC’s senior advocate Isobel Mackenzie heard concerns about the cost of aging from residents at the Ladysmith Seniors Center this week
Mackenzie spoke with Ladysmith residents about an array of issues that face seniors in the province, from health care to housing. According to Mackenzie, 38 per cent of seniors in the province essentially live on less than minimum wage.
“The minimum wage went up 40 per cent in the last five years not counting the most recent increase. Pension incomes went up 14 per cent not counting the most recent increase,” she said. “When you look at the [old…