Linking pay parking to climate change is ridiculous.
Let's be honest, pay parking is simply a tax on the lower and middle classes that want to enjoy Whistler parks because they don’t have access to a backyard or a pool.
The planet will be worst off if people, who cannot afford to pay for parking, need to drive to Pemberton to enjoy a few hours by a lake.
If Whistler was serious about climate change, it would build a reliable Free Electric Public Transit system: a free transit system that makes it easier to travel around town instead of taking your car.
The town of Vail claims on its website that its bus service is considered to be amongst the largest free transportation systems in the country. Why is Whistler not able to come up with a free bus service?
You will probably ask me how should Whistler pay for it? It should increase the property taxes on those million-dollars houses that are empty most of the year. Whistler city council should come up with a real plan for climate change, not a feel good Band Aid that will not change anything about it.
Pierre Marcotte // Vancouver
