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LETTER: It's nonsense to say city council has too many white men

Editor : Re: A council for old white men , NOW , Oct. 26 Reporter Kevin Gawley is looking to cause an issue where there is none and is allowed to dedicate a full page to this nonsense.
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Burnaby's city council. Left to right from top: Mayor Mike Hurley, Coun. Colleen Jordan, Coun. James Wang, Coun. Dan Johnston, Coun. Nick Volkow, Coun. Paul McDonell, Coun. Pietro Calendino, Coun. Sav Dhaliwal and councillor-elect Joe Keithley.

Editor: Re: A council for old white men, NOW, Oct. 26

Reporter Kevin Gawley is looking to cause an issue where there is none and is allowed to dedicate a full page to this nonsense.

It’s beyond me why these BCA candidates keep getting voted in year after year, but nevertheless they were chosen by the Burnaby electorate, assuming for many reasons either their party of choice, familiarity of names, experience, etc.

The article also states “young people were shut out.” Well, the young person was a Green Party member. Burnaby residents obviously did not want a Green party councillor.

To make it more than that is belittling the choice of the citizens of Burnaby.

Holly McCallum, Burnaby