To the editor:
Look around your home, office, vehicle, and the resources used to heat your home.
What goes into making these things is harvested from the earth. It is not Taseko's objective to sacrifice the beauty of the Cariboo but to harvest the resources that go into our everyday items we take for granted, and do it in a safe manner.
I have been following the Prosperity Mine project and hope it will come to the Cariboo.
While the Cariboo is a perfect place to retire to, it is also a perfect place to raise a family. Unfortunately, our children have to look elsewhere for jobs and that means they take their families with them.
I went to the Valley Room for the recent informational meeting and was pleased there were over 150 supporters in attendance. I was impressed with Taseko's initiative to address concerns from their previous proposal.
This project would bring economic prosperity for the Cariboo. It would attract young families to our communities; improve the existing amenities, such as schools, hospitals, recreation centers and maybe a pool.
Real estate would once again move with the addition of 700 mine employees. We would attract businesses, so we could shop local instead of taking our dollars out of our communities. This would halt the number of businesses closing on a monthly basis around the Cariboo because of the "tough economic times."
We complain about the lack of health care, jobs, shopping, etc., and now we have a chance to change that. I believe Prosperity Mine to be a safe solution for economic growth in the Cariboo, but I will let the "professionals" decide that with the hope of a positive outcome.
I have heard more support for this project than against it and I know when the review panels come in search of comments, I will be there as a supporter.
I would also like to give my children the opportunity to come back here to build a life with their families (my grandchildren). So you see I am concerned about the future of our children's children.
Jeanette McCrea
100 Mile House