LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Untruths surround Tulsequah Chief

The David Suzuki Foundation has gone too far in its blind opposition of Redfern Resources’ Tulsequah Chief mine, a project the organization publicly attacked before the company had even completed its project report for review.

Over the years, David Suzuki has risen to the top of his field and has gained an excellent reputation. It appears, however, that he is using scientific fact for financial gain or prestige.

In our quest for truth, we are finding that the information being released by his group and others, about the project and the Taku watershed, has been misleading, unbalanced and unfactual. The organization is attempting to rally an unsuspecting public to its cause under false pretenses.

We expect this sort of behavior from radical protectionist groups which care nothing about destroying family and community values as well as British Columbia’s economy. However, we expected more of Suzuki. We trusted him to be balanced, rational and fair in his scientific assessment of the environmental issues.

Suzuki is showing different colors as a manipulator of the truth. He has also shown through his actions that his word should be taken with a grain of salt.

By adding his organization’s name to the list of radical groups lobbying against this project before rationally assessing all of its aspects, he is suggesting he has no faith in the Canadian public to evaluate, sensibly and scientifically, new mines by using the stringent processes and criteria we helped create.

Bill Wallis, Atlin, B.C.