Dear Editor,
Re: Is city too lenient with watering fines? Burnaby NOW, Aug. 5. The population of Vancouver, and, therefore, its demand for water, have been steadily increasing, and predictably so, for decades. So why have our regional bureaucrats not prioritized something as essential as an abundant supply of water? Why have they not expanded our existing natural reservoirs or constructed an additional artificial reservoir?
Mr. Gous says we need more “education” and that there is actually no “disregard” for the water restrictions. Well, let me tell you, I disregard the pathetic restrictions all of the time, because we are by an ocean and a mountain range, and, geographically, this is a rainforest. This is not California. There is no water problem, there is a government problem.
We should be discussing the incompetence of Metro Vancouver, which is so nonsensical that, if elected in 2017 (www.LibertyForBurn
aby.com), I would initiate a formal investigation into its administration. Metro Vancouver needs a complete overhaul; we do not need a so-called Water Shortage Response Plan, we do not need water meters, we do not need water classes, or snitching, or anything else. If we run out of water, it is the fault of Mr. Mussatto and his office, not ourselves or an imaginary drought.
Brown is not the new green.
Elias Ishak, Burnaby
