— by the News Tribune Editorial Staff (www.thenewstribune.com) —
Once again, a Washington governor has to remind our fair neighbor to the north that it needs to clean up its act and stop dumping 34 million gallons of raw sewage daily into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the waters between this state and British Columbia.
Few other Canadian cities dispose of their sewage so irresponsibly. Just think what the uproar would be if an American city dumped that much raw sewage into waters bordering Canada.
Although shaming Victoria for dumping its waste hasn’t worked so far, Gov. Jay Inslee is right to keep the pressure on British Columbia. He’s written Premier Christy Clark demanding that she require Victoria — the province’s capital — to treat its sewage. There had been plans to build a $721 million treatment plant at Esquimalt, near Victoria, but that municipality refused to issue a permit. So far Clark’s government has refused to force the issue.
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