The Editor,
Re: "Coquitlam council rejects growth plan" (The Tri-City News, March 23).
Congratulations to Coquitlam city council (and the city's general manager of planning and development) for voting against acceptance of Metro Vancouver's proposed regional growth strategy (RGS).
The provincial government set the admirable targets of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 33% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 (below the 2007 level) to do our part to combat climate destabilization. The escalating carbon tax is the mechanism to achieve this goal.
Documentation provided by Metro Vancouver during the public consultation for the RGS forecasts that we will be unable to meet the GHG reduction targets primarily because of business-as-usual population (and infrastructure) growth.
Until Metro Vancouver tables a truly sustainable regional plan, I hope that Coquitlam city council will continue to dig in its heels. Anything else from Metro Vancouver is irresponsible.
D. B. Wilson, Port Moody
