Opinion

Dear Editor: Given that the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is economic at its root, opponents might well decline to purchase products from two of its three committed Trans Mountain anchor subscribers, Esso and Husky/Mohawk (the third bein

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided not to go through with one of his campaign promises, and we should all breathe a sigh of relief. Trudeau will not arbitrarily reform the federal electoral system.

They aren’t just roofers, they’re heroes to Vanda Thomson of Burnaby. Thomson sent a letter and called the BurnabyNOW to make sure that the guys at RooFix get credit for a couple of good deeds.

Well, the first month of 2017 is over, and I think I’m speaking for a lot of people when I say it’s not looking a whole lot better than the last month of 2016. U.S.

Thanks to the BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA), we now know that elder care in this province is substandard and there are things that could be done to make a difference in people’s lives.

Information: it’s a precious and costly commodity nowadays. Take, for example, the City of Burnaby’s new plan to charge for a fire investigation report, a motor vehicle incident or medical incident report from the fire department.

Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the Jan. 20 letter from Kinder Morgan cheerleader, Sally Gillies. I don’t recall Mayor Corrigan saying that “he plans to waste more of Burnaby taxpayers’ money” (trying to stop the pipeline).

It only received scant media attention, but the speech recently given by NDP leader John Horgan on climate change could prove to be a groundbreaking moment for his party and for B.C. politics as a whole.

An open letter to Premier Christy Clark: You were once opposed to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion, and then approved the project on Jan. 11. You stated that the five conditions for approval imposed by British Columbia were met.

Dear Editor Justin Trudeau says that “you can’t make a choice between what’s good for the environment and what’s good for the economy.” Yet, that is exactly what he did by (if you’ll excuse the bad pun) green lighting the Kinder Morgan project.