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Letters: Asking my MP for support to cross the border

The following letter was sent to Delta MP Carla Qualtrough with a copy to Delta Optimist Dear Ms. Qualtrough M.
Point Roberts border
Given the unique geographical location of Point Roberts, an exception to the proposed re-entry requirements would not be unreasonable and an appropriate application of regulatory discretion says this letter writer to MP Carla Qualtrough.

The following letter was sent to Delta MP Carla Qualtrough with a copy to Delta Optimist

Dear Ms. Qualtrough M.P Delta:

As residents in your riding, my family and I supported and voted for you during the past election on the basis that your inspirational life-narrative and accomplishments were far more impressive by an order of magnitude than any of your opponents.

Indeed, we truly had to hold our nose in voting for you as a Liberal candidate on the basis of your party leader’s plethora of unforced political errors, broken promises, ethical lapses, and last but not least calling an absolutely unnecessary election in the middle of a pandemic.

But for you, as a candidate, we would never have voted for the Liberal Party ‘ticket’.

On the basis of the above, I am hoping that you might advocate on behalf of me and all of your constituents who have a need, on the basis of accessing a recreational watercraft and/or residence in Point Roberts USA, for a less onerous return-to-Canada requirement upon the re-opening of the US Border.

Indeed, the proposed requirement of mandatory and costly-testing even for the fully-vaccinated is unnecessarily onerous, almost punitively so, that serves no substantive purpose with respect to protecting the Canadian public from the COVID virus.

This is not just my opinion but also the opinion of our Premier, who critiques the proposed testing for fully-vaccinated as “unnecessary”.

Given the unique geographical location of Point Roberts, an exception to the proposed re-entry requirements would not be unreasonable and an appropriate application of regulatory discretion.

As a postscript, I am realistic as to the prospects of any accommodation that the government might extend to us constituents as the prevailing public perception is that the Prime Minister has considerable difficulty in providing such consideration unless it serves his immediate personal or political preferences.

Les Rose