Editor:
I was absolutely gobsmacked at the election results. I was elated because Vicki Huntington got re-elected but devastated by the NDP loss.
Yes, although pro-NDP, I voted for Huntington because she's just so damn good and works so very hard at issues important to South Delta. In my case, the person wins over the party.
What I would like to know is why only 52 per cent came out to vote. That's shameful. I'd also like to know "who" makes up the other 48 per cent.
Not their names, but their demographic groups. Were they predominately young, old, ethnic, ESL? I wonder if there is a way to determine some of these statistics.
As to why the NPD lost, I suspect their stand on questioning the pipeline hurt them, which is so ironic because we have to start moving away from fossil fuels now.
This resource is not sustainable, which means it is becoming scarcer and will run out.
By 2050 these fuels will be so expensive only the very rich will be able to afford them. This does not bode well for our children and grandchildren.
The NDP had it right even though it might have cost them the election.
ML (Mary-Lynn) Burke
