Dear Editor
The mayor of Burnaby says that he can not do anything about the string of demovictions that have occurred and continue to occur in Burnaby.
He is supposedly an NDP-aligned mayor who should be focused on the needs of all his citizens. He should work for the current Burnaby residents and not those that may come in the future.
What he could do is freeze further demolition permits. He could freeze rezoning applications and he could freeze development permits. He recently said in an interview that many of those buildings have reached the end of their life, so to speak. Some of those buildings coming down are better built than the ones that are hastily being thrown up in their place. In addition, the plan to make Metrotown the city centre of Burnaby does not need to happen over night but can evolve gradually and at a slower pace.
This demoviction process is creating vast numbers of potentially homeless elderly and low-income people. Where is your social mindedness, Burnaby council? Perhaps it is time for a change.
Norma Vachet, Burnaby
