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Letter: Good for Port Coquitlam mayor for saying No to 'donations' from China

The Editor, Re. " Port Coquitlam mayor should stay out of international affairs " (Letters, tricitynews.com, June 21) and " PoCo's West seeks cancellation of China reception for civic politicians " (News, tricitynews.com, June 18).
Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West
Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West

The Editor,

Re. "Port Coquitlam mayor should stay out of international affairs" (Letters, tricitynews.com, June 21) and "PoCo's West seeks cancellation of China reception for civic politicians" (News, tricitynews.com, June 18).

Good for Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West for finally saying No to ongoing "donations" from China. Too bad more of our elected officials fail to see how badly this reflects on themselves.

I am amazed how Canadians can be the most politically correct people in the world — we have huge debates on what to call a washroom and, as one journalist put it, we even have a constitutional right to never be offended — but at the same time when offered this "free money," our ethics and morals seem to disappear.

China is a brutal, oppressive semi-dictatorship with no regard for human rights or the rule of law. Its record is totally visible, purposeful and widespread. It has slaughtered its own protestors and jailed and intimidated many others but we look the other way and justify our appeasement of this bully.

Is the almighty dollar really worth this much?

Doug Anderson, Coquitlam