As I was in Prince George on Aug. 20, from 4-8 p.m., I decided to attend the B.C. Transit Public Engagement session regarding Highway 16 transit service, promoted by saying: "We need your help to complete the plan."
The session was also advertised as being held at the B.C. Northern Exhibition. I paid my $5 fee to get inside the gate even though the gate keeper had no idea what I was talking about.
She pointed me to the BCNE administration building where no one there had any idea what I was talking about either.
For over an hour I wandered around from building to building, talked to security guards, a local FM radio station, and the folks at a booth operated by the provincial NDP. No one knew what I was talking about.
There was a two-storey building with lights on upstairs that was locked, with a sign on the doors, "Closed For Washroom Cleaning" which never re-opened while I was there, and had no signs indicating the engagement session was there.
One individual I met along the way suggested I was wasting my time trying to locate the public engagement sessions as the government and transit had already made up their minds on the issue. Perhaps he was right.
Ray Michalko
Surrey
