To the Editor:
(Re: “Creston and Canada don't need to welcome refugees”)
During my time in your heavenly valley I was a member of the Creston Refugee Committee and remain a supporter both in heart and with contributions now that I live in Powell River.
Mr. Bunn's letter displayed not only a lack of knowledge about refugees, but an attitude more reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan — anger and hatred of a self-generated stereotype.
Anyone who has personal knowledge of these people, and who has worked with them, knows that they are fine people and worthy of respect.
I would suggest that Mr. Bunn actually does something to alleviate the horrors of losing family, home, possessions and country by joining a refugee committee — maybe ours. Mr Bunn might remember that Jesus, Joseph and Mary were refugees, and see something of them in the fine people we serve. That something we see very clearly.
William Mitchell-Banks
Powell River