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LETTER: Who’s job is it?

I wanted to remind Mr. Bing that housing is a provincial issue and suggest that it’s on Mayor Read’s plate in large part because...

Editor, The News:

Re: Four teams to tackle homelessness (The News, May 29).

The article stated that Mayor Nicole Read made homelessness part of her election campaign, and MLA Doug Bing was quoted as saying: “I guess that’s why it ends up on her plate.”

I wanted to remind Mr. Bing that housing is a provincial issue and suggest that it’s on Mayor Read’s plate in large part because he wasn’t doing his job.

Jonathan Peters

Maple Ridge