Dear Editor:
Re: Priorities all wrong in B.C., Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Aug. 3.
I completely agree with Garth Evans that the $550 million the B.C. Liberals spent on replacing the B.C. Place Stadium roof is a huge waste of public resources. And I completely agree with Evans that the B.C. Liberal government has its priorities all wrong.
We just have look at the billions in tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations that have left our B.C. government coffers empty.
Then there is the almost $50 billion in overpriced private electricity that the Liberals have forced B.C. Hydro to buy at many times over the market value.
We can also look at B.C.'s having the lowest minimum wage in Canada and the highest child poverty rate in the country.
What about the B.C. Rail fiasco and the lowering of our oil and gas royalty rates that practically give away B.C.'s resources to oil multinationals.
But for Garth Evans to be criticizing the B.C. Liberals is even more curious.
If the B.C. Liberals have got their priorities all wrong, then why does Garth Evans continue to donate to the party? Between 2005 and 2009, Mr. Garth M. Evans donated $3,277 to the B.C. Liberals, according to Elections B.C.
Maybe Mr. Evans should be asking himself if his own priorities are not misplaced. While I don't have a problem with Mr. Evans donating to a political party, one has to wonder why he is publicly criticizing the same party that he donates to.
And given Mr. Evans' past ambitions as a federal Liberal candidate and city councillor, does this mean that he is publicly trying to distance himself from an unpopular party that he financially supports?
Murray Martin, Burnaby
