Canada Line Ruptures Ongoing: Guest Blog

Sun Editor

The 'interesting conversation' that CEO of Canada Line Jane Bird should behaving, is the one about justice and the Charter of Rights. And while we're at it - bullies.Ms. Bird is well paid to say that it's perfectly fine to expect families to lose their businesses and life savings through no fault of their own, so that this unprecedented government driven mega-project can be built to the government's agenda. No concern whatsoever for the consequences of blatantly presenting one project and building another. No responsibility for neglecting to implement financial help for the merchants from the start. The devastating impacts of this open canyon construction are a predictable and well documented death knell for small businesses. No accountability, no consultation and an emphatic no to deserved compensation.What rubbish. This is a democracy. Governments are not permitted to destroy our businesses, pave over our rights and toss us into financial ruin with impunity. For Canada Line to suggest that as a society, we find this acceptable, or a topic of debate, is shocking. There will most certainly be a public inquiry that will dig into this cut-and-cover-up, and we'll all find out what circumstances drove "on time", and what "on budget" really means for the tax paying public.Canada Line and all levels of government who have brought this unconscionable financial disaster to our doors have a lot to answer for. The merchants have been double-crossed. Ms. Bird's callous comments are a further slap in the face to all citizens, especially the struggling families along the RAV/Canada Line route, and are not based in reality.This is not disruption to our livelihoods, as the project spin machine keeps repeating - it's highway robbery.This is a unique project and it requires a unique solution. Let's stop thisnonesense. The Provincial Liberal government needs to do the obvious right thing, and implement compensation now.

Susan Heyes