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16 JANUARY 2008 THE INVERNESS ORAN PAGE 5
by John Gillis
Cape Breton Canso
Liberal MP Roger Cuzner
says he is hopeful there will
be a good opportunity for
a broad-based public input
during the forthcoming
mandate review of Enterprise
Cape Breton Corporation
(ECBC).
Port Hawkesbury mayor
Billy Joe MacLean raised
concerns last week over the
future of ECBC after hearing
that the crown corporation
will soon be subject to a
federal mandate review.
“I think there’s some
wisdom in Billy Joe putting
that concern front and
centre at this time. We’ve
had a number of successes
with ECBC in recent
years. Regional economic
development is anything but
an exact science but I believe
most of the municipalities
would like to see ECBC
continue with a strong
mandate,” Cuzner told The
Oran this week.
The Cape Breton Canso
MP said another factor
which may be driving the
idea behind a review is the
fact that Cape Breton has
two crown corporations
– DEVCO and ECBC. “I’m
sure they’ll be taking a look
at how those dollars are
spent and whether they may
be better spent,” he added.
Cuzner said the
reclamation process
with DEVCO has led to
many local and smaller
Cape Breton companies
benefitting from contracts
associated with that work,
and he’s been encouraged
by that.
“However, in many
rural areas development is
still often stifled due to a
lack of capital, and we’ve
certainly seen many cases
where banks are reluctant
or they outright refuse to
finance even very skilled and
experienced entrepreneurs.
So I think there’s still an
important role for ECBC.
We’ve come a long way, but
we’re not out of the woods
yet; and I believe there’s a
risk if we surrender any of
the current mandate that
we’ve had with ECBC.”
Cuzner says he will
certainly be looking forward
to expressing his views once
the process of the mandate
review begins.
his wife, Jessie, with his
life.
“I wouldn’t be here if it
wasn’t for Jessie,” Charles
says, explaining that she
cooked every meal with his
health in mind. Jessie, on
the other hand, modestly
deflects the compliment,
saying, “I’m just the cook.”
But what seems clear is that
over the years they have
been living for each other.
Since those early days
of the 1950s, treatment of
diabetes has come a long
way in both understanding
the disease and the means of
managing it.
Charles MacDonald’s
doctor for the past 32
years has been Dr. Jamie
Belen, and his insulin is
now Novalin, a fast-acting
form, and MPH, a slowacting
form, that he takes
in combination at doses of
32 units. He also checks
his own blood before each
meal, and that determines
how he approaches his food.
The insulin is still a daily
injection that he provides
for himself, but the needles,
he points out, have become
much less frightening to
look at. The new needles are
slender and lubricated for
easy entry.
The other huge change
that Charles has seen over
the years was the creation in
1986 of a diabetes clinic in
the Inverness Consolidated
Memorial Hospital. “That’s
been a wonderful addition
for people who have
diabetes,” says Charles, who
himself frequents the clinic.
“There is so much to fall
back on here now, the clinic,
the nurses, the doctors, the
dieticians.”
The Inverness clinic
has hundreds of diabetes
patients registered with it,
although not all those people
are actively involved in the
clinic. There is also strong
evidence that many people
in Cape Breton suffer from
diabetes without being
aware they have the illness,
so Charles Neil MacDonald
is alone in his battle.
A sad fact is that Cape
Breton Island has the
second highest incidences
of diabetes per capita in the
world, making it a priority
health concern for the Cape
Breton District Health
Authority. The district had
struck a diabetes committee
to look at directions the
district can take to tackle
this growing problem.
　
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