Whalley made a motion to exclude areas A and D from the service, saying that “we already have a very successful delivery service from Campbell River to Sayward, we already have a transportation van for people from Sayward to Campbell River and back we already have a free prescription delivery service from Campbell River. So we don’t need to be involved in paying for another service we’re fully looked after ourselves.”
Other community leaders also had difficulty articulating a benefit for their electorate.
“I just wanted to say that I don’t like it at all,” said Campbell River director Kermit Dahl. “I don’t see much of anything for the residential taxpayers of Campbell River for this at all … if it was that good there would be somebody in the open market to be willing to provide this service and apparently there isn’t.
“I own a business in Campbell River and I do a lot of business with people from outside of Campbell River, many of the people that are here (in this meeting) have done business at my shop, but the fact that they do something in my shop doesn’t help my 13 employees necessarily pay their taxes,” Dahl said. “I have some serious reservations supporting this, and am having a hard time seeing how this isn’t an electoral area service, supported by them.”
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