Save Byrne Creek Forest East

Mayor Derek Corrigan and Director of Housing and Planning Lou Pellettier leave out no opportunity to refer to the additional 40,000 people that will make Burnaby home by 2021, or the 125,000 people by 2041, to justify their sell-out plan of Burnaby's lands to the highest bidders. They like to portray this "expected" population growth number as if it was demand driven, determined by some sophisticated projection method by Metro Vancouver. It is not. Reality is this number is a "commitment" of Corrigan/Pellettier themselves to Metro Vancouver. It is based on Corrigan's crazed vision to increase the population of Burnaby by ~50% within 25 years only. Worse, the housing supply they create by plastering Burnaby full with condo apartment blocks will not help solve the housing problem a bit. People come to Burnaby because the developers behind Corrigan/Pellettier actively market this housing nationally and internationally.