The Community Owns the Clinic?

What does this really mean? 

• Does it mean that the name of every single person living on Gabriola Island, say on a given date, holds ownership to the clinic? 
• Do you have to be a property owner, or can you simply be renting at the time, or maybe just camping here for the weekend? 
• Or do you have to qualify for ownership by living here for a minimum period of time, like possibly two or three, or even ten years? 
• Do you have to pay a deposit to guarantee your ownership of the clinic? 
• How will we know who is an owner and who is not?

And what does ownership actually mean? 

• Does it mean that the name of each and every one of us on Gabriola is listed on the property deed and on the insurance policy for the clinic? 
• Does it mean that if there is a shortfall in the funds budgeted to pay the taxes, the insurance or the maintenance for the clinic, that all of us, as owners, have to kick in to make up the difference? 
• Also, what if there is a lawsuit registered against clinic, do we all get sued? 
• If the clinic goes into debt, and I want to apply for my own personal mortgage or line of credit, will my ownership of the clinic affect this?

Or perhaps it is just the members of the Board of Directors of the GHCS and GHCF who own the clinic, and they are holding it on behalf of everyone on Gabriola. 

• Does that mean if there is a financial shortfall or a lawsuit that they have to personally take responsibility for making things right, or can they come back on us, as members of the community, to bail them out. 
• Can they use their ownership of the clinic as collateral to back other loans? 
• And if some or all of them decide they don’t want to be involved in the clinic  anymore, can they just resign and walk away, leaving the other board members to carry the responsibility of ownership, or does someone from the community have to step up to the plate?
• How would we decide who should do that?  
• What if one or all of these board members decides that owning the clinic isn’t economically viable, can they sell the clinic? 
• If they do sell it, do we, as members of the community, all get a share of the proceeds from the sale, or can they keep all the money themselves?

As a community member, am I required to be an owner of the clinic?

• What if I decide it is too risky and choose not to become involved? 
• Does that mean I sacrifice my rights to health care on Gabriola Island? 
• If I am required to be an owner of the clinic, just because I live here, can I sell my share to someone else?
• Could I sell it to someone off island, out of province, or out of the country?