Opinion

ICBC is fighting back. The public auto insurance corporation is refuting its critics who portray it as being in a fiscal crisis, and it insists that while these are challenging times in the industry, the situation is far from bleak.

Dear Editor: Re: Parents ‘need not be afraid,’ Burnaby NOW, Feb. 10. Thank you to the Burnaby school board for passing this policy and acknowledging that all students deserve an education.

Dear Editor: I cannot stand any more complaining by the residents in the Metrotown area who think they deserve three months of compensation when evicted for development – after they chose to move into a place slated for demolition.

Federal Motion 103 exemplifies the kind of dangerous naïveté and ivory-tower political correctness that stifles debate and erodes democratic ideals. M-103 is a non-binding motion introduced in Parliament by Muslim MP Iqra Khalid.

What slot machines are to gambling addicts is pretty much what election polls are to journalists. We love them. They and surveys can occupy a whole lot of punditry time.

Dear Editor Re: Budget criticism misses the mark, Inbox, Burnaby NOW , March 1. I always enjoy reading Mr. Ishak’s letters. Just to set the record straight, I am supportive of balanced budgets, but I am critical of how the Liberals do it.

Dear Editor: Re: Critics say budget doesn’t go far enough, Burnaby NOW , Feb. 24.

In defending his client’s right to willfully promote hatred online, the lawyer for Quesnel man Arthur Topham made one undeniable point.

Can ICBC survive? And if so, can it do so only through a huge increase in auto insurance rates? Those are questions worth pondering given the latest update on the Crown Corporation’s fiscal situation.

Andrew Weaver’s bill may seem a tad self serving. The B.C. Green Party leader and MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head re-introduced the Election Amendment Act 1 in the legislature this week. The bill would allow 16-year-olds to vote in B.C.