Opinion

Dear Editor: Full marks to Premier Christy Clark and Finance Minister Mike de Jong for continuing to show restraint with respect to government hiring and government wages. The government bureaucracy in B.C.

A report from the federal commissioner of the environment last week points out once more the disturbing way Ottawa has failed to address legitimate concerns about British Columbia's pipeline proposals.

Dear Editor: For some time, I have believed that the only logical way of dealing with marijuana is to legalize possession for personal use. I don't think marijuana is harmless, but neither is alcohol or tobacco.

Dear Editor: History has shown that the NDP will always focus on helping big unions rather than people if they are elected. An NDP government would not be focused on the economy and would simply scare business and investment away from B.C.

Dear Editor: This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to attend the Burnaby Board of Education meeting.

The proverbial ping-pong pundit game provided the usual fare after the Liberals tabled their budget. NDP operatives slammed the 2.6 per cent increase in health-care spending, insisting it was a cut.

We all know housing prices have gone way up compared to a generation ago. This is especially true in B.C.'s Lower Mainland - now the most expensive place to live on the continent.

Dear Editor: Re: Senate needs more than just an election, editorial, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 13. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been pressing ahead with legislation to implement a nine-year, non-renewable term limit on senators.

Dear Editor: Last week a gathering of practicing engineers and UBC engineering students were addressed by Jim Shepard, former CEO of Canfor, who in June 2011 was appointed as senior policy advisor to Premier Christy Clark.

Dear Editor: Re: Memories of B.C. NDP past, Letters to the Editor, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 13. While I admire letter writer Donald Leung for his interest in government, I believe he is a little deluded. He states that he is too young to remember the 1990s.