The Editor,
Re. “Feds, prov. commit $$ for transit” (The Tri-City News, June 17).
Thursday’s $740-million photo-op with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robinson and Premier Christy Clark was nothing more than flim flam to get regional taxpayers to ante up their portion for the TransLink mayors’ poorly thought out, grossly expensive 10-year plan, which will benefit developers more than transit customers. The big losers:
• The transit customer, who will suffer more incompetent planning (not one new bus for south of the Fraser was included).
• The taxpayer, who has to pay for this questionable transit planning for two grossly expensive transit projects that will do little or nothing to ease congestion.
I had hoped the PM would usher in a new era of fiscal prudence but he has just telegraphed that the Liberals are open for business, especially for Bombardier, as they were a decade ago. The Liberals have learned nothing, leaving the taxpayer vulnerable to their political excesses.
D. Malcolm Johnston, Delta
