Opinion

Dear Editor, I recently spent a few hours at Fraser Foreshore Park during the hot weather to enjoy the outdoors and the cool breeze that comes off the water.

Dear Editor, In 2013, Christy Clark promised an LNG industry that would inject new life into the B.C. economy and ultimately make B.C. debt free. More than two years later the predicted economic tsunami has yet to hit our shores.

Dear Editor, I am growing tired of hearing about the water shortage in Metro Vancouver. As far as I can remember, every year there is a restriction placed on our water usage.

It’s starting to sound like a broken record – Burnaby needs an affordable housing strategy. We hear it often from readers, concerned citizens and most recently, ACORN, a local anti-poverty group (see our page 1 story).

Health minister Terry Lake may not have clued into it yet, but that idea to ask the Office of the B.C. Ombudsperson to investigate the 2012 health ministry firings isn’t flying so well.

Dear Editor, Sixty years ago it made sense to pipe crude oil to supply nearby oil refineries. Washington State has produced a comprehensive independent risk analysis about potential shipping incidents in our shared, getting-busier Salish Sea waters.

Dear Editor, I couldn’t agree more with Colleen Jordan’s (comments) in the Friday, July 17 Burnaby NOW.

Dear Editor Unlike one of your correspondents, I would welcome a water meter. I pay an annual flat water fee. If I only paid for the water I used, I’d probably be ahead of the game. Most of the houses in my area have a rental suite; some have more.

We’re finally getting a look at Plan B in the wake of the failure of the TransLink funding plebiscite. The B, it seems, stands for boondoggle.

Even though his budget last year went from projecting a miserly looking tiny surplus to becoming almost embarrassingly awash in riches, don’t expect Finance Minister Mike de Jong to start doling out new spending any time soon.