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MAY 22 LETTER: Editorial pieces I see as problems

The Gazette has recently printed some worrying pieces. The most recent, an op/ed piece by Gwyn Morgan.

Editor:

Re: Should we change for the sake of change? (opinion piece, May 8 issue) and China’s largest bank helping to finance Kitimat Clean refinery (story, April 24 issue)

The Gazette has recently printed some worrying pieces.

The most recent, an op/ed piece by Gwyn Morgan, in my opinion is an example of how the Liberals and their corporate supporters want to get short-term gain by plundering the resources of this wonderful province.

A truly vibrant economy must be based on careful long-term stewardship of resources and on caring for all people in the province. The Liberals have reportedly demonstrated neither of these.

Gwyn portrays himself as a retired businessman. Gwyn however was (is?) heavily involved with SNC Lavalin, which has made the news for allegations of bribery and other dishonest practices.

Gwyn became rich by fracking in Alberta.  Fracking poisons groundwater and is very destructive of the environment.

Gwyn advises or has advised Prime Minister Harper and Christy Clark and now Clark reportedly wants to fill the provincial coffers with money derived from fracking.

Fracking is causing serious environmental abuse in B.C. and LNG (liquefied natural gas) from fracking is not at all a clean fuel when one properly measures its carbon footprint.

Both Clark and Morgan wrongly accused the NDP of increasing the B.C. debt burden.  Careful examination of the numbers reveals that the Liberal government has increased the debt of every British Columbian by five times from $8,000 to $40,000 per person.  This is an enormous debt load.

There was also a piece regarding the building of a refinery in Kitimat.

A Kitimat refinery still requires dirty, heavy oil to be delivered by pipeline across B.C.’s remote, fragile, intricate ecosystems and 800-plus stream/river crossings. Spills could happen and drainages of the Peace, Fraser and Skeena Rivers, amongst many others, are at risk of permanent pollution.

The release claimed to have Chinese backing for this refinery.

How can a person get financial backing for a refinery idea which can ruin so much of what belongs to the people of Canada?

Jane Marshall, Midway