Dear editor,

As a senior who moved to the Comox Valley to retire in a stress-free environment (which Comox Village provides), I am amazed the Courtenay/Comox council members are unable to find funds to resolve the transit strike, which started Dec. 15. In the big city I came from, buses passed every seven minutes, with connectors. Here, the 鈥渢ake cars off the road for climate change鈥� action is not encouraged, as buses seem to be at the bottom of politician/resident lists of needed services.

The Jan. 3 copy of the Record included a column by David Suzuki on the COP28 summit. It鈥檚 clear that some of us have the awareness that action, even small efforts, are needed to have a responsible community. When will the Valley 鈥榣ight come on鈥� that buses help reduce emissions when people use them locally, instead of cars, and provide people, especially seniors, a responsible form of travel?

Transit drivers need to receive the increase in wages they deserve, for themselves, the community and for the planet.

Dianne Browne,

Comox