Opinion

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.

Dear Editor, I am writing to thank the Burnaby NOW for your paper’s excellent coverage of the public forum for the new art gallery presented the Burnaby Arts Council held on Nov. 3 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

Another Remembrance Day has passed.

Each year, the number of veterans present at Remembrance Day ceremonies dwindles just a little more.

Dear Editor, It boggles the mind how waste of public dollars can sometimes go undetected. MyEd BC is the newest data collection system paid for by precious Ministry of Education dollars.

Dear Editor, A committee of the B.C. government, after public consultation, has recommended specific spending limits in city and municipal elections, and the government is about to legislate them.

Dear Editor, Donna Polos urges new funding for the arts in Burnaby, claiming that we have spent “tons” on sports venues in the past. She must either have a short memory or be a new resident of our city.

Believing that it had a war-ready population of 20 million citizens in 1749, the government of Sweden conducted the first-ever modern census. Bluntly, leaders discovered they were short by a factor of 10.

Will British Columbia benefit from what appears to be a remarkably new era of government slowly emerging in Ottawa? There’s every reason to think so, on a number of policy fronts. And in many cases a large amount of federal dollars flowing B.C.