BCAHL Submission to the 2012 Budget Consultation
To the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
The BC Alliance for Healthy Living’s 2012 Budget Submission
RECOMMENDATIONS
BCAHL recommends that the members of the Finance and Government Services Committee integrate into the 2012-13 provincial budget, a range of measures outlined below to reduce the burden of chronic disease and improve health outcomes and the sustainability of the health care system in British Columbia. The major risk factors for chronic disease continue to be unhealthy eating, lack of physical activity, smoking and inappropriate use of alcohol, but also include factors such as having healthy environments in which to live, learn, work and play.
