Editor:
In Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, an Italian restaurateur in Harlem refuses to place photos of black celebrities alongside his beloved Italians. He lives to rue the day.
In Canada, while we largely claim a desire to "do the right thing," with respect to the environment, too often political leaders fail to hear the calling.
While a growing majority of Canadians recognize global warming and seek action, the federal government continues to give lip service at best. Doing the right thing ends up being a smoke and mirrors game.
Here, Metro Vancouver is asking the feds to "do the right thing" in reining in the port authority that claims unilateral power to change ALR land into industrial use. Speaking with forked tongues, on one hand they claim a desire to protect ALR land, while at the same time vice president Duncan Wilson states, "The industrial land that's left in the Lower Mainland is insufficient for the future of our economy."
"Doing the right thing" requires stepping up to the plate, perhaps swinging from the heels, in protection of not just our environment but current and future generational access to safe and viable food sources.
In the end, we can't eat money... nor can our children and grandchildren.
Steven Faraher-Amidon
