Editor:
Two Delta newsworthy items made the Globe and Mail on June 6.
The first article was on the impact of having local policing in Tsawwassen First Nation. Kudos to Tsawwassen First Nation for choosing to contract the City of Delta to provide policing services in 2007. At that time, they were one of two First Nations communities which chose to pay 100 per cent of their policing costs rather than have the services provided by the RCMP at no cost.
This closer to home service with four constables and a sergeant working towards the goal of health and healing with this community appears to be working well.
The second article, an opinion piece by Gary Mason, was informative yet frightening. The article focused on Angelina Ireland, the president of the Delta Hospice Society, who recently spoke at the Bringing America Back to Life conference in Cleveland.
She provided the audience with her resume: “I’m a wife, I’m a mother, I’m a Catholic, I’m pro-life, I’m pro-family and I’m pro-gun.” I have difficulty understanding how this makes her qualified to be the president of our community hospice and gives her permission to deny access those wanting MAiD.
This facility belongs to the community at large, not Ireland and her followers. I hope that Sharon Farrish, Christopher Pettypiece and Jim Levin are successful in their petition to the Supreme Court and thank them for their commitment to our entire community.
Janet Whitehead
