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A B.C. Opposition MLA Brennan Day is raising concerns about the province’s upcoming overtime freeze for long-term care and assisted living.

Announced in September, the province said that the reason for the funding ending was that it had started as temporary top ups during the pandemic, and that the province would be winding the program down by the end of October.

However, Day says that in his Comox Valley riding that means almost 100 people may be forced into care homes, as the funding will affect staffing levels.

“These are not hypotheticals,” he said in a letter to Health Minister Josie Osborne on Oct. 22. “These are lives — lives that depend on the compassion and competence of those entrusted to lead the Ministry of Health.”

The impact would be fel

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