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Letter: YVR applauded for Canada Line contribution

Dear Editor, Re: “Flight plan,” News , Oct. 7. Kudos to YVR for considering themselves at least partly responsible for funding the Canada Line’s airport extension.
Richmond News
Flight plan: YVR is growin' up and growin' out_0
With the number of passengers using Vancouver Airport projected to soar to 35 million in 20 years’ time, YVR’s CEO and president Craig Richmond is aiming to have 30 per cent of its customers and staff using the Canada Line.submitted

Dear Editor,

Re: “Flight plan,” News, Oct. 7.

Kudos to YVR for considering themselves at least partly responsible for funding the Canada Line’s airport extension.

I had not known, before reading Alan Campbell’s page 18 feature story, that YVR contributed $300 million toward the Canada Line extension that connects the airport to the system.

I hope to see more P3 partnerships in B.C., when private industry’s goals mesh with the public’s.

Is it time to ask who else, besides commuters, benefits from replacing the Massey Tunnel?

George Pope

Richmond