EDITOR,
I'd like to congratulate my good friend Jordan Sturdy on his recent election to the legislature.I certainly didn't vote for him but I know he won't take this personally as he will know as much as anyone that it wouldn't matter either way, considering the huge electoral power block of West Vancouver.
Regardless, what's done is done and I don't think you could ask for a better representative if you can for a moment ignore the albatross of the B.C. Liberal Party around his neck.In fact, I understand and respect his integrity, motivation and strategy for gaining his seat.With this in mind I would like to request some immediate action on his part.
He may have noticed some concern lately regarding run-of-river power projects.I think it would be timely to use the formidable communications apparatus now at his disposal to illustrate in exquisite detail - and in the Queen's English, please - the precise rationale for the economic structuring of IPP power production in B.C. As a guideline, seek to explain how it is to our benefit that we now purchase power at far greater rate than market price without putting B.C. Hydro at risk.I find it strange that to date I cannot find a single statement to this effect from our provincial government.
There are, of course, many other issues surrounding these projects but for the sake of clarity and focus, he should detail this first.
It should be noted that his predecessor Joan McIntyre and his federal compatriot John Weston have tended to waste similar opportunities by inundating us with mountains of condescending, unsubstantive hyperbolic propaganda. I recommend that you avoid this tactic.If you were to demonstrate a degree of courage and respect for your constituents by actually providing useable information backed up by fact and logic, you may find that your base of support will increase even outside of West Vancouver.
I look forward to your first mail out and each successive quarterly, covering other pertinent topics in similar useful detail.Don't be afraid to take a few risks, Jordan, unlike some.
Bruce Kay
Squamish
