The Editor,
I think it is ultimately the responsibility of Coquitlam’s citizens to take control over their garbage consumption during any event such as Canada day.
Having said that, the city is responsible for cleaning up the garbage since it organized such an amazing event.
In my opinion, the city failed to add additional garbage bins to handle the large crowd at such a big event.
I took this picture accompanying this letter to show the city of Coquitlam — which fines its citizens $500 for mismanaging their garbage and leaving food accessible to wildlife — that it’s not fair to have double standards.
If the city expects us to be up to the standards, then it should too or pay the fine.
This is unacceptable.
Hooman Rigi, Coquitlam
