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LETTER: Do we not live in a democracy?

Wikipedia describes Bowser as a seaside community “informally known as Lighthouse Country” — population 1,729.
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Wikipedia describes Bowser as a seaside community “informally known as Lighthouse Country” — population 1,729.

Hmmm, 1,729 people about to be negatively impacted by the proposed wastewater treatment plant and a marine outfall that will spew effluent into the Salish Sea and yet only 99 individuals representing 107 parcels in the region were given the opportunity to vote on the project.

I guess that in their haste to obtain the Clean Water Grant the Regional District of Nanaimo forgot that we live in a democracy.

Is it any wonder that we, the other 1,630 people who enjoy the beach, digging clams and eating oysters, fishing, boating and swimming are outraged?

Joyce McLellan

Qualicum Beach