Dear Editor,
I have been reading the letters to the editor in the Richmond News regarding the recent flyers from Alt-Right being delivered in Richmond. People such as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and European nationalists such as Nigel Farage in the UK, Marine Le Pen in France, Adolf Hitler in Germany and now the Alt-Right here in Richmond believe they have a sympathetic audience because the politicians, who have the power to address problems in society, choose to ignore their constituents.
It’s no accident that the Alt-Right chose Richmond to plant their seeds of hate and fear because Mayor Malcom Brodie is probably one of the deafest mayors in the Lower Mainland. The Alt-Right must have thought there was no point in targeting Vancouver because Gregor Robertson is imposing a vacancy tax.
Even the provincial government is doing too little too late with their ill-thought out 15 per cent foreign owner tax. But not Richmond.
Mayor Brodie continues to ignore and play deaf to all the complaining that has been going on for years and, as a result, along comes a group like Alt-Right, who have seen the successes of Brexit and the U.S. presidential election, due to people being ignored, and have decided Richmond is the place to start.
As various letters to the editor have stated, these are not Canadian values — to be racist and divisive. I hope Mayor Brodie will start listening so the people who are so frustrated with being ignored do not become an easy target for the likes of the Donald Trumps, Nigel Farages, and proponents of the Alt-Right, who pretend to be listening to their frustrations.
Wendy Miko
Richmond
