Opinion

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Dear Editor: Are anti-oil, anti-progress anti-Canadian-economy protesters destroying their future for employment opportunities? Are young idealistic protesters and natives being puppeted and used by the sophisticated big money environmental lobby? Ec

Dear Editor: Kinder Morgan argues that the federal taxes it pays from its Trans Mountain pipeline operation go toward supporting public services. It’s a generalization that doesn’t tell the whole story.

On Oct. 22, the Government of Saskatchewan announced in its Throne Speech that it would commit to the development of a poverty reduction strategy, making British Columbia the very last province in Canada without a plan to tackle poverty.

Tomorrow is a day to remember.

Dear Editor: So Mayor Corrigan wants Kinder Morgan to pay for the extra policing costs during the protests on Burnaby Mountain. The police were present on Burnaby Mountain to do their job. It was the protesters who were causing the trouble.

Dear Editor: In lieu of the ongoing controversy surrounding gun violence in schools, I wanted to forward my opinion on this issue. The two-year anniversary of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting is near.

The City of Burnaby is not a pristine wilderness park. Historically speaking, the Kinder Morgan pipeline has had very little environmental impact on the City of Burnaby.

The season of celebration is upon us once again. And just as the Santas and reindeers and snowmen light up roofs and lawns to lift spirits throughout the community, celebrations of other sorts get spirits flowing in other ways.

Despite the promises you hear chanted on Burnaby Mountain these days, there is no conceivable way the oil industry will be out of our lives in our lifetime. Oil is everywhere. It affects everything.