Dear Editor: The stakes appear to have been raised again. Canadians have however become sadly aware over the years how special interest groups (both “pro” and “against”) have become a cancer to our democracy.
These groups have become experts at subjugating our ailing medias, academias, governments, politics, and judiciaries on tricky matters such as “are Canadians prepared to invest further in fossil fuel as required on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion build?” This is clearly a national issue if not a broader one, certainly not a B.C.- or an Alberta-only matter.
So could a Canada-wide citizen referendum be conducted asking the basic question without the cancer of special interests killing what is left of our ailing democracy?
Réjean Beaulieu, former Burnaby resident
