Opinion

This just in! The province is appointing a special prosecutor to investigate following Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham's recent report to government. Great news, considering the awful state of our access to information laws in B.C.

Dear Editor: Congratulations to Terry Beech, Justin Trudeau, and all the Liberals on your huge success. I did not vote for you, because I wanted more than you promised, and the federal Liberals have a history of breaking their election promises.

Dear Editor One of the legacies of the Harper government is a sexist judge. In September 9, 2014 Alberta judge Robin Camp dismissed a sexual assault charge against a man who was alleged to have raped a homeless woman during a house party.

Government departments are fundamentally different from private businesses in that they do not face competition. There is no voting with your feet if you think that frontline staff are unfriendly or if forms are confusing.

Canada’s commitment to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees should make us all proud. Will it be a completely smooth undertaking? Probably not. Change seldom is. But not only is it the right thing to do, it proves that we do learn from history’s lessons.

Government scientists across Canada were crying “Eureka!” recently after their new prime minister removed the gags that had been stuffed in their mouths for the last nine years.

The legislature is wrapping up its fall sitting this week, and one side in that conflicted house is leaving with a much bigger smile on their collective faces.

Dear Editor Mayor Derek Corrigan and city Council recently accepted a staff report called “Growth Management and Housing Policies in Burnaby.

Dear Editor Re: Arts being neglected? Cry me a river, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW , Nov. 11.

Dear Editor, We’ve witnessed democracy in action – the B.C. electorate have participated in the ultimate pipelines public hearing … finally. Let those ill-conceived Enbridge, Kinder Morgan schemes become bad memories.