FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2008
CONTACT:
Doug McFee 604-534-6727
The
Salmon River Enhancement Society (SRES) will host its fifth Environmental All
Candidates Meeting for this year’s
The
meeting gives each candidate an opportunity to outline their environmental
background and philosophy after which the candidates are asked questions posed
by the sponsoring societies. The meeting will then be opened up to
questions from the floor. Questions should be related to environmental
issues, parks and trails. Improving the way TOL interacts with the public
is also an issue that may be addressed.
The
Environmental All Candidates Meeting follows a very successful Water Forum held
by SRES on October 22. “We were overwhelmed by the attendance at the
Forum and pleased at the level of interest and discussion”, says Mr. McFee.
“We have posted information related to water issues on the SRES website WWW.salmonriver.org
as water is clearly one of the most important issues for this Township
election.” McFee continues.
The
candidates’ answers to three written questions will also be posted on the SRES
website before the All Candidates Meeting. One of the questions addresses
the water issue asking candidates for their suggestions to improve the TOL Water
Management Plan and asking whether they would retain the moratorium on
development over the Hopington area until the water table is restored to a
healthy level. Two other written questions ask candidates whether they
would support a new cooperative vision for the
“We
are again fortunate to have Mark Forsythe of CBC Radio One’s B.C. Almanac as
moderator for the event. Mark has done an outstanding job in the four
previous Environmental All Candidate meetings.” says Mr. McFee. Mr.
Forsythe is a resident of
“The
The
meeting will be held at the Chief Sepass Theatre at the Langley Fine Arts
School,