Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Damaging democracy," Letters, May 2. I am not surprised at low voter turnouts in Richmond at all.Living in Richmond for almost 10 years now, I have learned that many people, so called residents of Richmond, live here more or less six months at a time, coming here once a year to report income tax, then turning around to go where they came from.For the rest of the newer residents, many of them lack interest in getting to know Canada or lack knowledge of more of Canada.I think we are only going to see lower voter turnouts in Richmond in the future.Instead of asking why voter turnouts are so low, we have to ask ourselves what we have done.No doubt Ottawa wants to amend the immigration program.How can we encourage all residents of Canada to participate in the democratic process?This is a question waiting to be discovered or reinvented.Anne BrandtRichmond
