Opinion

Dear Editor John Hunter’s letter defending the oil industry kind of reminds me of the problem organized labour had when they were fighting for a living wage. “Better take what you can get. There’s always someone who will work cheaper.

Dear Editor I don’t know how much longer I can retain the habit of not writing to defunct (or soon to be) papers, but I do get the impression that they will continue to provoke us to their last gasp.

It’s not that the planet is getting too hot, just that it’s getting too hot for human beings. Temperatures were up 1.3 C across the world in February compared to last year.

I'd like to have a grown-up, adult-only conversation in the paragraphs that follow, if you don't mind. It's about pies.

“The idea to have an art gallery simply so that a small group of people can have a place to go isn’t viable. It’s got to be something that is going to have significant engagement for the public.

The new federal government is about to face its sternest test yet when it comes to controversial energy projects, and whatever its decision is it will have a huge impact on British Columbia and potentially the B.C. Liberal government as well.

Dear Editor: Finally - a letter (Laneway homes belong in Burnaby, Burnaby NOW , March 18) on the laneway home situation which has hit the mark right on the head.

Dear Editor Re: Burnaby MP takes aim at gender parity, Burnaby NOW, March 4. According to writer Jennifer Moreau, Mr. Stewart has tabled a new act in the House of Commons that would penalize parties that don’t have enough female candidates.

This just in: New B.C. government appointments. Note that Fazil Mihlar, former Fraser Institute director and editor at the Vancouver Sun, has a new post as deputy minister for climate leadership.

Dear Editor I read with interest a letter in the Sun recently regarding “No to assisted death. The Catholic church has a history of caring for the sick, not killing them” (Paul Schratz, director, communications office, Archdiocese of Vancouver).