Provinces spend millions on burials
Posted Oct 20, 2014 7:41 am.
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Canada’s provinces are footing the bill to take care of thousands of Canadians a year, left without a proper burial.
Alberta spent $5.2 million between April 2013 and March 2014; those figures are up $1.2 million from the year before.
The B.C. Government spent $3.2 million in the same period.
The National Post reports, officials aren’t sure why the numbers are up.
Alberta’s Minister of Human Services Heather Klimchuk tells the paper, whether they are homeless, without loved ones to pay, or simply unidentified, everyone deserves to be buried with dignity.
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