Letters

I’m shocked and saddened by Saanich council’s decision to take away 80 per cent of existing areas for people to walk well-behaved dogs off-leash. (Their reference to 57 parks still being off-leash is very misleading. Most are tiny or close to roads, etc.)

Saanich council unanimously voting on the dog-leash issue is very puzzling. Perhaps I’m mistaken, I thought we lived in a democracy where the voters and residents in the majority have a certain measure of control over the decisions made affecting them. Sannich is showing democracy is only applicable when it aligns with the needs of special interest groups and politicians.

Like many non-conforming dog owners, Ray Lazanik conveniently leaves out the fact that all of Cadboro Bay and the beach area is a federal migratory bird sanctuary. That fact alone should dictate no off-leash dogs at any point in time anywhere on Cadboro Bay beach including the areas in both Saanich and Oak Bay.

Everyone knows that 100 is the number of years in a century, the boiling temperature of water at sea level, the number of centimetres in a metre, the number of yards in a sprint track event, and of course, the age at which you become a centenarian.