Mr. C.W. Rump, May 17th, 1972

Canadian Transport Conmission,
Ottawa, Ontario - cont'd. Page - 2 ~-

We would poine out to you that since the original plebicite was
conducted in 1961 the population of thig City has increased from 8,111 on
that date te 49,570 in 1971. .

In addition to the fact that the Port Coquitlam exehan
the sccond highest rate Broup in the Vancouver a areas to which

free calling is permitted For example, it is not
possible for a resident of Pore Coquitlam to phone the District of Surrey
without incurring a toll charge (althouch Surrey 18 very close to Port Coquitlam)
yet tt is posstble for a person at the University of British Columbia (approx-
imately 20 miles fron Surrey) to telephone there without incurring a toll charge
and for a lower mouthly rental than ig paid by the Port Coquitlam subscriber.

We know that our Council would appreciate having the benefit of your
thoughts fn this regard.

Lee area
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RAF:ba R.' A. Freeman,

coc. Mr. G.¥, MacFarlane, Vice-President, . ;

B.C. Telephone Company, Vancouver.