Opinion

Dear Editor, “Diversity is a beautiful thing.

The fact that a number of political opinion polls are completely contradictory to each other seems lost on journalists reporting on many of them.

Time and again, affordable housing – or, more accurately, the lack thereof – has made headlines in this paper.

Here we are, less than a week into the federal election campaign, and already candidates are springing into action.

Dear Editor, Keith Baldrey (July 29) may be correct: B.C. is experiencing growing polarization around energy, economic and environmental policy.

Dear Editor: Re: Our View: C’mon Burnaby, make the first move (July 23), Election means voters hold sway on housing (July 28), Governments need to work together on housing (July 28).

The Harper Conservatives believe retirement income is the primary responsibility of the individual. It is a belief that does not take into account the absence of an ability to put aside retirement savings.

Dear Editor: Chiyo Bustin (Letters to the editor, July 29) is wrong in stating that only property owners pay property taxes, when the reality is that every renter also pays property taxes when they pay their rent every month.

Dear Editor, I wish to offer a statement on behalf of the NEB in response to the City of Burnaby’s letter denying our request for supplemental police services, and some of the comments made by the city in the media.

The unexpected appointment of Peter Fassbender as the B.C. cabinet minister now responsible for TransLink has everyone guessing what he may have in store for the beleaguered transit authority.