Editor: Many of us are questioning the wisdom of putting economic development ahead of the preservation of the environment and “global warming.”
What does “global” mean? Is there any difference between burning our coal in China and other countries and burning it here in British Columbia, Canada? Should Canada not lead in protecting the global environment rather than being, embarrassingly, one of the lowest-rated countries in the world?
Should development on farmland be filling up the breadbasket of the province, the Fraser Valley, with row housing? That appears to be “present gain for future pain” for the generations to come, a legacy for our children and grandchildren.
As elderly people who have lived through depressions and wars, it gives us great concern to imagine the results of global warming and our threats to the environment — created mainly by our need and greed.
Bays Blackhall,
Langley
