Dear Editor:
Re: Solutions to Climate Change Require Shifts in Thinking, July 15 Mailbox
Regarding (letter-writer) Ken Timewell’s concern for missing the meeting on climate change (July 12 hosted by North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson) I can assure him that he missed nothing. As I suspected, it was a tightly controlled meeting with little opportunity to expand on the broader issues of the topic.
Though he may be well intentioned, Jonathan Wilkinson is parliamentary secretary to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and as such has restraints, especially when it comes to questions about the Site C dam upon which the federal Liberal government has so far totally let down First Nations by failing to halt construction despite the promise of a newer, stronger relationship.
In the meantime, thousands of acres of productive farmland, sacred First Nations sites, and long-used animal corridors are scheduled to be submerged, plus the heartbreak of long-established ranchers and farmers being turned off their land.
In the meantime, Christy Clark is openly thumbing her nose at any attempt to place restrictions on her avowal to take construction to the point of no return before the next provincial election.
The soon-to-be retired Energy Minister Bill Bennett, who steadfastly refused to look at any other alternatives than Site C because it was “the best of all options” also made the fatuous statement that it was being built to “honour” the ratepayers of B.C. Perhaps in retirement he can read up on the many opportunities he missed for alternative energy solutions.
It also leads to questions about BC Hydro CEO Jessica Macdonald’s recent statement about “the wind not always blowing and the sun not always shining” — a sure sign of her advanced scientific knowledge.
Ray Eagle
West Vancouver
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