Dear editor,
Having just received and read my latest Ronna-Rae Leonard mailing I鈥檓 now reaching for my keypad because I feel the need to make a few additions.
I find her letter full of generalities and statements about what British Columbians are concerned about!
Well since I resent people speaking for me I鈥檒l add a few things that this British Columbian is concerned about 鈥�
Firstly: the opioid crisis (of which she makes no mention).
Secondly: Site C and the cost overruns (of which she makes no mention).
Thirdly: the underfunding of women鈥檚 shelters (of which she makes no mention).
Fourthly: the wanton destruction of old-growth ecosystems (of which she makes no mention ).
So you get the picture no doubt 鈥� Ms. Leonard and the NDP don鈥檛 speak for me.
It鈥檚 not enough to sing the praises of Dr. Bonnie Henry (although I think she鈥檚 doing a good job) she is not part of the NDP government 鈥� as chief medical officer for B.C. she is an independent civil servant, so stop trying to ride on her coattails and get busy implementing the recommendations into her department study of the opioid crisis in B.C.
And while you鈥檙e at it cancel Site C鈥� it鈥檚 never too late.
And fully fund women鈥檚 shelters.
And stop allowing the cutting of old-growth鈥� you鈥檙e barking up the wrong trees.
And then maybe you鈥檒l get the picture that governing isn鈥檛 about self-praise鈥� it鈥檚 about doing the hard work that people expect and deserve of their government.
Ron Kelly,
Courtenay
