Dear Editor:
Re: Coal plan gets green light from Port, The Record, Aug. 22.
Unbelievable – Yes; unexpected – No.
How can the decision by Port Metro Vancouver be unexpected when they obediently obey the dictates of Harper and company in Ottawa.
Unbelievable, in that we will now have up to eight-million tonnes of U.S. thermal coal annually passing through White Rock, Crescent Beach, Delta and Surrey.
It will then be loaded uncovered on barges moving through the Gulf Islands to Texada where it will be piled exposed to the elements awaiting shipment to China.
The contempt which Port Metro Vancouver has shown to the public, which will be affected, is beyond belief.
Rather ironic that this travesty is approved at the same time another port in Oregon was denied a permit to ship coal. But it’s not surprising, as public opinion in the United States is a force to be reckoned with, which is obviously not the case here.
David Gibbs, Surrey
