I do not support TELUS being given the flexibility to raise its rates for

local service by up to $3 per month per year to a maximum monthly rate of

$35 per month for residential customers. As someone who is about to become a

retired senior citizen, and who lives in a rural area, I regard the proposed

increase as a form of legalised extortion, deeply affecting our most

vulnerable citizens, who depend on the telephone for health and safety, but

soon will not be able to afford it.

Catherine Clements

Social Worker, Community Living Services KGF

355 11th Street Courtenay BC V9N 1S4

Tel: 250 334-1370 Fax 250 334-1455

New e-mail address: Catherine.Clements@gems1.gov.bc.ca

The Government of BC is an "Employment Equity Employer"