Opposition to B.C. treaties just beginning
The Editor,
Re. “Treaty opposition down to a whisper in B.C.” (BC Views, The Tri-City News, Oct. 17).
Columnist Tom Fletcher says opposition to the Tsawwassen treaty and other aboriginal deals will, in time, “begin to fade away.”
Huh?
Over time, more Canadians will question why one race, or anyone with a single dead relative who is part of that race, receives benefits that others don’t, including the Tsawwassen band members gaining a permanent rebate on the income tax they will begin paying in some distant century.
Canada has built global recognition on being good to all races. Now, we read about Japanese Canadians having less right to fish the Fraser than native fishers.
The American Revolution was largely a result of unfair taxation. More awaits us than Mr. Fletcher’s column suggests.
Jim McMurtry, Surrey
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