The 2016 census results that will reveal more about age and sex demographics are coming out next week, but in 2011 Statistics Canada reported 16.7 per cent of residents were over the age of 65, while the national number was 14.8 per cent.
So for this week’s election issue, the Mirror asked the candidates about seniors issues:
Why should the senior population in our constituency vote for you and your party? How are you planning on meeting their diverse care, housing, transportation, accessibility and heath needs now and into the future?
Here is how BCFirst candidate John Twigg responded:
Apart from being a senior myself, at age 68, and being a founding member of the Campbell River Seniors Centre, which give me various valuable...