Dear Editor:
I note that there is to be a public meeting on Aug. 20 about the (Trans Mountain) pipeline and tanker traffic. No doubt the “antis” will stack the meeting, seeking to prove that there is unanimous opposition to pipelines and tankers. They are wrong and I, for one, would like to comment to them as follows:
Nature created Vancouver harbour. The coming of the railway created the Port of Vancouver. History has made the port the second most important port on the west coast of North America.
The port serves the import and export needs of a large portion of North America. The port does not “belong” to the people of Vancouver nor to the people of B.C.; it belongs to the world economy. If you do not like, and even fear, the activities of a large industrial port then you perhaps should move to another locale. The tanker traffic you fear so much is miniscule when compared to Rotterdam – the largest tanker port in the world.
Ross Andrews
North Vancouver
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