Opinion

Dear Editor: Forty million dollars a year is what it costs the B.C. government to collect Medical Services Plan premiums from us all. This expense is unnecessary.

Dear Editor: Re: Project for seniors in trouble, Burnaby NOW, March 20. Your story points to significant problems with the priorities of the current government.

Dear Editor: Recently I got to go to Merida, Mexico with a friend. Having been told what a friendly place it was, it was wonderful to have that expectation met as we walked about and had everyone greet us in such a friendly way.

What a long, strange trip it's been. B.C.

Dear Editor: If you need a job you will want to vote for mining and exploration in B.C. The mining industry directly employs more than 9,300 people across every region of the province and indirectly provides employment for another 37,000 people.

Congratulations to the four Ktunaxa First Nations for signing an economic community development and revenue sharing agreement for the Elk Valley coal-producing area of south eastern B.C.

Dear Editor: I was in the supermarket the other day and someone asked me about what I thought about all the pipeline proposals being talked about recently.

Dear Editor: Re: Premier mixes pizza, politics, Burnaby NOW, March 22.

Dear Editor: A couple of your contributors are way off base in their opinions. Let's look at the opinion of Trevor Ritchie, who suggested the City of Burnaby fund child care but admits that child care is a provincial responsibility.

Saturday mornings I occasionally attend the Frontiers of Modern Physics lecture series put on by TRIUMF, the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. It's amazing what you can learn from a physics lecture.