Editor:
Site C is not “past the point of no return” and Andrew Weaver is not insincere about its cancellation. The NDP is so bereft they have to repeat that Weaver first accepted the idea without mentioning his rejection once evidence revealed the project’s impacts. Remember, the NDP fast ferry fiasco was actually operational before cancellation.
Weaver’s ability to negotiate is proven by the passage of two bills in a hostile Legislature during his first term.
The Liberals chant their platform: jobs, infrastructure, the economy – i.e., flood Class A farmland, allow fish farms to destroy our sockeye, let forestry be unrestrained, gouge the taxpayer and support the corporations.
The NDP endlessly reiterate their attacks on the Liberals – i.e., the suicide of a child in care, 16 years in power. Possibly 12 years in power is also long enough. Their MLAs can speak, but not vote, freely. They are whipped. And how logical is it to promise to freeze Hydro rates and also cancel Site C?
Perhaps the Greens can methodically heal our broken society with evidence-based solutions, bridge the left-right chasm by redirecting BC Hydro, giving the BCUC some teeth, bringing in a land use management plan for sustainable forestry and mining, supporting land-based fish farms, caring for the vulnerable of any age and helping the middle class.
The loudest applause at an all-candidates meeting occurred when the incumbent said his party supported a fairer voting system and a referendum on it. Would either the Liberals or NDP want to change a system that gives them ultimate power? The Greens will bring in proportional representation because we want it. Even a few Greens in the Legislature would make our government more proportional, stable, knowledgeable and civil.
Our opportunity is here and now.
Ted and Nancy Leathley, Sechelt
