Opinion

Dear Editor: It is time for the City of Burnaby to stop spending and taxing. I cannot manage my family budget this way because I do not have unlimited resources - neither does the city. The taxpayers are tired.

Climate change forced its way onto the political Cagenda in 2012, as super-storm Sandy ripped through the northeast United States just days before the election.

Dear Editor: I think it was former premier Mike Harcourt who once said that the NDP are "guests in power" in B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Where would you cut? Tony Fabian, Letters to Editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 9. When I was on city council and voted against the BCA budget every year, Mayor Derek Corrigan would ask me the same question as Mr. Fabian.

Each year around this time, the always controversial topic of standardized testing rears its head in B.C. That's because January brings with it the annual Foundation Skills Assessment tests for students in Grades 4 and 7 in this province.

With the election campaign now just a little more than 12 weeks away, every day becomes precious to both major parties as they march towards the showdown. And because the B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Where would you cut? Letters to Editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 9. But why cut? City investments in 2012 brought in an additional $35 million, but only $6 million is being allocated to operating revenue.

Dismissal of John Doyle from auditor general's seat not a great move for Liberals in the run-up to the election

Dear Editor: I took my Christmas tree to Lougheed Town Centre on Saturday and was delighted to be met by a group of firefighters welcoming me to the chipping event.

Dear Editor: It is disappointing that a secretive "independent" government committee has decided not to renew the auditor general's contract ahead of the next election.