It is hard to believe that Saanich council is considering legal public consumption of alcohol in parks. This is a very bad idea for the following reasons:

The parks should be enjoyed by everyone, including people who donB次元官网网址檛 want to be around alcohol, myself included.

There are a large number of people with addiction problems for whom the sight and smell of alcohol is a trigger to use. Right now the people in this group who are in recovery programs must go to virtual meetings and get less support than when we donB次元官网网址檛 have a pandemic to deal with.

Children should see that adults can have fun in the park without alcohol.

People who drink are more likely to litter the parks with cans and broken bottles.

Hopefully people donB次元官网网址檛 drive to the park where families are and then drive home. I hope MADD has been informed of this plan. We donB次元官网网址檛 need people drinking and driving where children should be able to play, worry free.

I do hope kinder heads prevail in Saanich council.

Dave Connell

Saanich