Editor:
The letter, “Time for a fixed link?” of Sept. 11 stated, “The most active workforce (those aged 25 to 44) has declined from 30.9 per cent of the total Coast population in 1990, to only 17.4 per cent in 2014. This represents a shocking 44 per cent decline in young workers in 25 years.” The wording is a bit misleading. In fact the decline in young workers was only 20 per cent, from 6,333 to 5,091. It’s as a percentage of the total Coast population that it has declined by 44 per cent.
Of course it is pretty shocking that during a period when the Coast population went up by nearly 50 per cent, the number in that age group went down at all. In my own experience, I’ve watched all four of my children move to Vancouver and beyond for education and jobs. As a commuter, though, I wonder whether a fixed link will brings jobs to the Coast or simply increase the number of people who choose to commute since it will become much easier to do so.
John Klippenstein, Roberts Creek
