Jackson goes too far
The Surrey Leader reports on GVRD Chair (and Delta Mayor) Lois Jackson's recent assault on a Senate committee looking at Deltaport and Gateway.It was parochial pandering at its finest as she railed against port expansion. Here's her most ridiculous statement:
Jackson said Gateway officials here wish they could use China's solution – simply order hundreds of thousands of people to move out of development's path.
"We still have, in Canada, a semblance of democracy," Jackson said. "But only a semblance."
Nothing Jackson could have said could have been further from the truth.
In fact, the Gateway folks have gone above and beyond in public consultation. We've had dozens of open houses, presentations to councils and committees, newspaper ads, websites, and other ways for people to make their feelings known. To be honest, most of the people I talk to in Surrey and Langley think the process is taking too long.
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"...dozens of open houses, presentations..."
Open houses are meaningful only if the public has real input.
Our transportation minister has made it quite clear that this project is a "done deal" no matter what the public input is.
That is not democracy.
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