Have you picked up on the new mantra — “It means new jobs” — applied to unpopular projects, currently oil and coal terminals and shipments at the Port of Vancouver?
What they are really saying is “It means a ton of money in our pockets.”
Give the public what they want to hear, and they’ll buy it every time.
Lorain Bowers
Vancouver
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