Opinion

Editor's note: This is a letter to Vancouver Coastal Health and the District of Squamish recreation department. It was copied to the Squamsh Chief for publication.

Well, folks, here we are heading into mid-summer and the contentious Woodfibre LNG proposal is heating up to the point where Coun. Heintzman has suggested it should be put to a referendum.

There is a renewable fuel called wood — environmentally friendly, when properly done, plentiful forever! Renewable! Affordable! The plants love it, they breathe the exhaust and convert it for us...

Squamish: A boomtown since 2006? That’s not something you would hear when the talk is about Woodfibre LNG. Their storyline is that by going back to the past; we will find the good life of the future.

Re. the debate over proposed logging in Olesen Creek is confused (“Logging project threatens tourism, says resident,” Squamish Chief, July 17). We live in a town that actively celebrates logging as part of its heritage, economy, and identity.

Like children in a schoolyard, we are quick to jump on failings. Failings are easy. They’re like a big win in the Stanley Cup final — they have the ability to link neighbour with neighbour, giving people from different walks something to talk about.

It’s difficult to say whether the Squamish Nation or anyone else will ever be allowed to develop housing in the area around Government, Depot and Ross Roads, a.k.a. the Cheekye Fan.

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