Opinion

Dear Editor: For the City of Burnaby to operate status quo in 2015, the mayor and council want an additional $6.62 million from taxpayers (this is an added 2.98 per cent tax levy on top of the $222.18 million taxes required in 2014).

Now that we're in the season when governments release their budgets, it's important to know how much government money goes to different age groups.

As debate on the TransLink tax vote heats up, the Yes side threw CEO Ian Jarvis under the bus. By tossing Jarvis - whose salary had become a symbol of TransLink waste - to the curb, the Yes side hopes to up their chances of success at the ballot box.

Dear Editor: I note with interest Jennifer Moreau's article, "Burnaby takes aim at NEB's decision-making record" (Feb.13, 2015).

Last week's throne speech and this week's provincial budget make it clear the provincial government is very much on cruise control, and I suspect that's just the way Premier Christy Clark wants it.

As promised, here is the full version of my 20 minute interview with Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada. We spoke in Vancouver on Thursday, Feb. 12.

I hope you remember this. I catch myself thinking this more often these days, this small silent prayer that's part gratitude and part regret.

The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a contentious law that prohibited anyone from assisting someone when they want to commit suicide.

Dear Editor: We see year after year, with the continued development in Burnaby, the decline in affordable housing for low-income families. Homelessness continues to be an issue in Burnaby that seems to have no long-term solution.

Dear Editor: It was a shocking and shameful spectacle. Justin Trudeau abasing himself singing the (unearned) praises of Conservative-elected MP Eve Adams as he welcomed her to the Liberal caucus.