Opinion

Ten takeaways from Monday's English-language debate

Editor: Re: I’m going on strike from voting. This is why. Record Letters Voting is the last, desperate act of democracy, and I’m sorry you don’t feel compelled to commit that act. But please don’t pretend this is a problem caused by everyone else.

I’m not sure when Jagmeet Singh updated his Twitter bio, but it caught my eye recently. Singh, the Burnaby South MP and federal leader of the NDP, is riding high this week after a convincing performance during the leaders debate on Monday.

People often ask what Transit Police do. Their role is to make TransLink areas safer for people. Recent stories have had their officers tracking down perverts who hop on and off SkyTrains in order to harass women and kids.

Charlotte Brady and Anastasia Castro began raising a ruckus about single-use plastics when they were in Grade 8 — a bit younger than Greta Thunberg was when she sat down for her first climate protest.

Editor: This federal election, I’ve decided to go on strike from voting. And since strikes are generally accompanied by some kind of publicity, I feel obliged to report why. First of all, I know who’s going to get elected as MP for our riding.

On my return flight home from a work trip this past weekend, I sat snug in my seat and watched as a young man strolled down the aisle of the airplane carrying a wiggly, whining wee one while searching for his seats.

Editor: Re: These are the scariest things I heard at a Burnaby tank farm safety event , NOW Blogs I would like people to know I live by a tank farm that is 10 times bigger than TMX in Burnaby.

The BC NDP government is now in its third year of power and the items on the negative side of its political ledger are threatening to overtake the positives. It's clear that the honeymoon phas is over.

Leung showed up unannounced to a debate at Crystal Mall, much to the surprise of other candidates