Dear Editor
Congratulations and thank you for your excellent ‘Our View’ in today’s (May 18) print edition of the Burnaby NOW.
Yes! Prime Minister Trudeau, do the right thing and take the leap. Listen to the scientists, First Nations, communities along the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, environmentalists and yes, even economists who speak of the jobs lost in the inevitable spill, leak, fire on the land and water routes.
Yes, we are dependent on fossil fuels but what a concept: we can change and give up some of our comforts for our children and grandchildren, so they might enjoy some of the pleasures we now enjoy.
The First Nations have it right. They look forward seven generations and honour the earth, air and water that feed them. These are elemental necessities, all else is gravy.
And Ms. Tait who called the protesters “hypocrites” – for you, I say name-calling is non-productive, does not further conversation and is full of assumptions.
I took a photo of two children on Saturday at the demonstration, no more than toddlers, wearing vests saying “for my sake” and “keep it in the ground.” We, and Mr. Trudeau, would be wise to act on those simple messages.
Elan Gibson, by email
