Gordon Price, Modacity, release new video supporting transit referendum

With a week to go before ballots are mailed out for Metro Vancouver's transit referendum, the Yes side hasreleased a video featuring SFU City Program Director Gordon Price.

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Produced by the environmentally conscious team atModacity, the videoasks Metro Vancouver residents to support the 0.5 per cent sales tax.

In it, PricepointstoVancouver's world-wide reputation for green transportation and a livable downtown.

"We forged a different path than almost any other place in North America and now the question is whether we will extend that vision into the future, says Price in the video which uses archival footage.

"Voting no is not the status quo.Things must change."

The SFU City Program directorsays amillion people arriving in the next 30 years will have to be accommodated on transit with the existing service if nothing changes.

"We fall back to building more roads, more bridges, which we will not have a vote for," he warns.

However, Jordan Bateman with the Canadian Taxpayer's Federation, who is heading up the No side says, TransLink needs to get its funding under control before asking for more taxpayer money.

Ballots for the plebiscite will be mailed out on March 16 and have to be returned byMay 29.

Take the poll: Do you support the proposed tax hike?