We are thankful for our Pine Point waterfront. We don’t work in an office, a factory, or a garage. The water is our workplace. We work hard maintaining boats, repairing traps or nets, hoping every day for a good catch.

So we are thankful for the support we receive. For the harbormaster who oversees water activity and safety. For Scarborough, which built a dock making it possible to lift our catch from the water to land. For the co-op from which we get our bait and to whom we sell our fresh catch. For the accessible parking, which we share with recreational boaters. For the residents who come to the dock because they are interested in seeing what we do to put food on their table.

So now we are worried and rightfully so. All the “agreements” regarding the sale of the co-op are considerations to favor the potential buyer. There seem to be no specific protections being introduced to protect the working waterfront and the fishermen who keep it alive. Is it really wise to ignore and shabbily treat what exists in order to replace it with a plan whose singular goal is to make money for the business?

Pauline Levin
Scarborough


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