Toronto-based Realstar Management has B次元官网网址渆very rightB次元官网网址� to evict the 161 families that call Christie Point home and build an upscale high-rise. At least that is what the Mayor of View Royal had to say at the municipalityB次元官网网址檚 recent council meeting (, Gazette, Jan. 20).

But legal rights aside, what about ethical responsibility? Do we want to live in a community that turns a blind eye to the eviction of an 88 year-old from her home of 20-plus years into a rental market that is sitting at 0.5 per cent vacancy?

Why not follow in VancouverB次元官网网址檚 footsteps and create our own Tenant Relocation and Protection Guidelines? If our mayor is not willing to stand up and negotiate with B次元官网网址榖ig businessB次元官网网址� on behalf of the very residents he has been entrusted to speak for, it will be the developers who get to decide who calls View Royal home.

Michelle Wright

View Royal