Dear Editor:
The party that just got re-elected in B.C. - and with a strong majority, to make sure the natural-resource-extraction machine runs full-steam ahead - is the most friendly with the federal Conservative government on the topic of placing a growing economy and jobs at the very top of their agenda, with the environment and precious ecosystems at the very bottom.
In other words, a lot of shortsighted-ness is around the corner in regards to a healthy ecosystem and thus a formidably potential threat to a healthy populace.
In Big Industry's universe, life-sustaining ecosystems are supposed to take a back seat to massive crude oil and coal extractions and shipping - all for the sake of the almighty dollar.
Really, what part of the no-brainer rhetorical question do so many B.C.ers not understand? Is there much good in virtually unhindered resource-extraction and creating countless jobs when the planet is deathly contaminated, with its populace getting sicker and dying because of mass industrial and vehicular pollution?
Frank Sterle, via email
