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Editorial – Quintessentially Canadian

How very appropriate that Rozlyn Kromhoff-Francis would find a quintessentially Canadian resolution to her problem on Canada Day .

How very appropriate that Rozlyn Kromhoff-Francis would find a quintessentially Canadian resolution to her problem on Canada Day .

Kromhoff-Francis is the Aldergrove woman who found out her dog Missy wasn’t allowed on the grounds of McLeod Athletic Park on July 1.

They checked before they went to see if there was a no-pets rule and finding none on the event website, they took Missy, the dog that belonged to her late grandfather Jerry Huot.

When a volunteer at the gate told them they couldn’t take Missy inside, Rozlyn stayed with her pet while her husband went in to get the lunchtime treats they’d driven 25 minutes from Aldergrove to get. She watched while other dog owners, equally surprised, discovered the ban.

Then she went home.

She remembered what her grandfather taught her about writing a letter of complaint.

Huot, a former Surrey alderman, said it was important to keep such letters polite and reasonable.

So she did.

Kromhoff-Francis drafted a letter that contained no ranting or raving, just a rational statement of her disappointment coupled with some modest suggestions, starting with letting people know about the no-pets rules.

She understood why there might be a rule against dogs, she said, but it would be good if the organizers would let people know about it somehow.

The response from the event organizers was not long in coming. Spokesperson Lilianne Fuller agreed with Kromhoff-Francis about notifying people and promised her other suggestions would be considered.

It wasn’t everything Kromhoff-Francis wanted, but she appreciated the prompt response.

The cliché image of Canadians, espcially in other countries, is that we are a polite and reasonable people. After recent events in B.C. revealed some of us can be horrifyingly rude and unreasonable, it is comforting to note that on Canada Day, in 91Ô­´´, some reasonable people were able to have a disagreement in a civil, adult manner.

Jerry Huot would be proud of his granddaughter.





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