Editor:
Re: March 10 Coast Reporter article, Gibsons commits to the Sue Big Oil campaign
Congratulations to Gibsons Town Council for unanimously voting to join a B.C. municipal class action law suit to Sue Big Oil. A huge thanks, too, to the climate activists who have been educating people on the Sunshine Coast about how smart it is to make the polluters pay for the damages they knew would result from the burning of their products.
To correct one point in your article: Gibsons is now the first municipality in B.C. to commit to the Sue Big Oil campaign. They’ve replaced Vancouver, where, despite council voting in favour of my Sue Big Oil motion last July, the new super-majority of ABC (A Better City) councillors and mayor, out of sync with myself, fellow Green councillor Pete Fry and OneCity councillor Christine Boyle, just voted against putting even one penny per Vancouver resident in our budget to maintain that commitment. How penny wise, but pound foolish. I hope that before our term ends, the ABC councillors will act with more fiscal responsibility towards our taxpayers and join Gibsons and, hopefully, Sechelt, the SCRD and other local B.C. governments in a winning Sue Big Oil case.
Adriane Carr
Vancouver City Councillor
