Dear Editor:
Who are the protesters on Burnaby Mountain and when did it become their mountain? In my 20-plus years of daily walks in the area, I haven't seen any of them. Speaking with them last week, I was told by one that he had just spent two days in jail for defying the court order at Oppenheimer Park tent city. Has anyone bothered to ask any of these protesters who they are or where they're from? Of course, this would lay aside the myth that this is a Burnaby uprising.
The SFU professors stand and espouse their oppsition to fossil fuel. Further up the mountain, the SFU parking lots are full to overflowing including the numerous professor reserved spaces. Is there just a little hypocrisy here?
Is Mayor Derek Corrigan smiling as he does when he is particularly pleased with having put one over on the public? In this case he has overloaded the minimal staffed RCMP detachment.
As you will note the Abbotsford Police are a required presence to carry out the court order enforcement.
It is indeed unfortunate that a no-win situation which was created to win an election is now playing out. The perpetrator of this scam meanwhile sits back and harrumphs about those awful job creating private enterprises that pay the tax bill.
Ray Power, Burnaby
