The Editor,
I recently attended the workshop on the signage issue in Richmond.
Other cities in Canada, such as Richmond Hill and Markham in Ontario dealt with the signage issue back in 1990 by implementing a bylaw that requires the signage be half English and/or French.
Why did our city council not do the same? I know that our council always throws the Charter of Rights and Freedoms up as a roadblock to dealing with this issue.
Has the Charter impeded on the issue being dealt with in other parts of our country? We need to come up with a solution before issues escalate any further.
The City of Richmond needs to have more townhall meetings and they need to start listening to the people of Richmond and we all need to start listening to each other. We need to re-establish the sense of community in Richmond.
The frustration of many people in that room was palpable and it is up to our elected officials to make it better and take their collective heads out of the sand.
Joanne Teraguchi
Richmond
