Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: We are simply gluttons for fresh water, Our View, Burnaby NOW , May 24. I would like to present my view. I have noted that over the years our consumption of fresh water per capita has steadily decreased.

It’s been noted by many that this past election was the closest one in British Columbian history, yet in some ways it was anything but close. Sure, the overall popular vote was a virtual tie, as just 1,568 votes separated the B.C.

There will be some citizens of Burnaby who may balk at the news that the city has spent at least $154,000 of taxpayer money fighting the proposed Trans Mountain expansion project. But we’re not among them.

It was a pretty safe bet going into election night that, regardless of how the vote broke, there were four words from Premier Christy Clark’s 2013 victory speech that would be left unsaid this year: “Well, that was easy.

The jokes were flowing, pardon the pun, last week when the City of Burnaby kicked off its Stage 1 water restrictions. No wonder.

Dear Editor: Much has been made of “big money in politics,”condemning corporate donations to political parties and union donations in the same breath, as though they were in any way comparable. Much ado about nothing. Let’s look at some numbers.

It’s going to be fascinating and, at times, amusing, to watch how this province’s two major political parties deal with the upstart new kid on the block: the B.C. Green Party.

As gently as possible given the delicate circumstances, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley delivered a Constitution 101 lesson on Tuesday to her B.C. NDP pals and the new B.C. Green caucus.

According to two reports from police watchdogs this week, having the RCMP oversee the RCMP when it comes to a dysfunctional workplace isn’t working out so well.

Dear Editor: I have known and respected Lindsay Meredith for a long time, but his analysis of last week’s election smacks of petty hostility and cynicism. No, people who voted for the B.C.