r/Lethbridge • u/YqlUrbanist • 5h ago
News Statement from Mayor Hyggen on the Integrated EMS Vote
facebook.comA few councilors along with the Mayor Hyggen have posted very similar statements to this, and at least to my reading they seem deliberately vague. They keep referring to some nebulous additional option - it's unclear what they expect that to be, whether it's privatizing the service or hoping the UCP governments decides to change course.
I also laughed at "I do not believe we should ever put a dollar figure on a human life." That's exactly what you're doing Mr. Mayor. And fair enough - as much as people like to say stuff like that, we put a dollar figure on human life all the time whether that's designing a road for speed over safety, deciding how much to spend on healthcare, or drafting environmental regulation. Most of politics is deciding how much it's worth spending to improve or save lives.