Dear Editor:
In response to letters to the editor attacking Jane Shin, in particular the letter from Garth Evans, some clarification: the title of doctor is earned upon achievement of the level of a PhD in many fields, as well as an MD.
My son the engineer is a Dr. and can call himself Dr. Elder whether he is a practising engineer, or working at some other occupation; and so on with other doctorates.
I am sure Garth is well aware of this, hence I can only assume that his statement; "She calls herself a doctor but has never practised medicine ." is just another smear attempt.
From her initial profiles, it was clear to me that Jane Shin decided to teach instead of practising as a physician.
And to castigate her now, for using an admittedly poorly chosen adjective at a young age, (as mentioned in the letter from B. Jung) is over the top.
Calm down, folks, let her get her act together before jumping all over her - she won the election fair and square.
I was also disappointed at the lack of an all-candidates meeting in our riding; but who is to blame for that?
A non-involved group has to sponsor such a meeting and as far as I can see, none volunteered. Don't blame the candidate.
Marian Elder, Burnaby
