To the editor:
Re: “Mayor sets up task force on mental health ,” Oct.30.
Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver can not seem to grasp that the Ministry of Health and the Attorney General or Solicitor General at the federal and provincial levels are responsible for the mentally ill and their treatment under the laws.
It is fine to encourage radical drug policies and rant about the beneficial effects on the street population but at the end of the day these Visionistas will assume credit for anything that turns out for the better and hide from criticism when things go awry.
If you want in on the solutions, you must accept blame if the plans are not successful alternatives. In the final analysis, civic politicos are exceeding their delineated jurisdiction and taxpayers are being asked to pay for these grandstanding activities.
Rick Angus,
Vancouver
