From personal experience I can tell you that our BC Paramedics are a group of highly trained and amazing people. Their job is to walk into emergency situations, assess it, and save lives. And they do. Theirs is a critical, underpaid and underfunded job. There has been much in the news of late as paramedics protest and raise awareness for the ridiculous conditions that they work in.

I am fully aware we are in a recession. In the budget speech later today the rumour is that there will be lots of cuts but NOT in education and health care. I would hope that bodes well for them. Our health care cannot function without these men and women. period.

I fully support their efforts for more pay and funding to keep their services functioning at optimal levels.