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Willingdon: ‘We acted in complete good faith’ – mayor continued from page 1
Corrigan would have liked to see the land used for an expansion of BCIT or Burnaby Hospital. “(The sale) means the opportunity for the hospital to expand and move to a better location is gone,” Corrigan said. Corrigan is also angered by comments made in the press by Andrew Wilkinson, Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services, the ministry that oversaw the deal. “We acted in complete good faith throughout this, and this Wilkinson – who is obviously a very inexperienced minister and hasn’t done his homework on this one – Wilkinson said, ‘we snoozed, and we lose.’ That was his comment in the paper, and I’m just incensed by that,” Corrigan said. “We did exactly the opposite. We did every bit of diligence we should to have the opportunity to purchase it, the only thing
we were not diligent in doing, was that we trusted them.” Corrigan, who worked as a lawyer before getting into politics, pointed out that Wilkinson was also a lawyer. “That kind of practice by a minister who is supposed to be a lawyer is really offensive to me,” Corrigan said. “In any terms, this would be called sharp practice, where a lawyer uses an opportunity to fool someone in order to give up a legal right.” Corrigan said he didn’t think there was any positive spin on the land going to First Nations. “The Tsleil-Waututh are buying it like any other developer,” Corrigan said. “This is a money-making proposition for them. This is not going to be for longhouses and native activities, this is going to be purely an economic development opportunity.” Wilkinson was not available for comment by the NOW’s deadline.
Cyclists: Seniors riding the coast continued from page 1
group all the way to San Jose. At 93, Lien Chaing is the oldest cyclist, and he’s doing well, according to Chang. “He’s fine. Once he feels tired, we ask him to sit in my car anytime,” Chang said. “He just can ride as long as he wants.” According to Chang,
some of the cyclists are also from Japan and Singapore. “The spirit is they want to come to North America and the States because they think no one has done this before. The funny thing is none of them speak English very well,” Chang said. “They are not just riding a bike. Every other day, they go to a seniors’ house and
(tell) the Canadian seniors they should come out and have a wonderful life. … They are inviting them to come to Taiwan to go biking with them.” Even the mayor has an invite to go cycling in Taiwan, once he retires, Chang said. Follow Jennifer Moreau on Twitter, @JenniferMoreau
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