Opinion

Have we finally wrestled that voracious gobbler of tax dollars - the public health-care system - to a standoff, if not to the ground? By that I mean the days of the system automatically devouring increasingly large amounts of money every year to feed

A reader from the Gulf Islands dropped me a line to mention that Don Young is leaving the National Energy Board. Don was one of the three panel members tasked with reviewing the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion application.

Dear Editor: I would like to address your article TransLink spends $1M renting space (Burnaby NOW, April 2). The building in question is a sound financial decision.

The B.C. government is trying to fix something that isn't broken - and it's making a mess in the process. Cities and towns in B.C.

Should you vote? Is voting important to a democracy? Should young people, new Canadians, and the elderly be encouraged to vote? If you said yes to any of these questions, you disagree with the Conservative government's new Fair Elections Act.

Dear Editor: United Way cuts will impact city seniors, The Record, April 2.

The United Way of the Lower Mainland has fallen on hard times, and donations are down. So far down, that the non-profit is ending $1.6 million in funding for seniors, which will impact countless groups in the region.

One of the major fault lines that divide the B.C. Liberals from New Democrats was on full display last week, as the government moved to significantly overhaul the Agriculture Land Reserve. The ALR is viewed in almost religious tones by the NDP.

Dear Editor: Re: City says pipeline proposal 'incomplete' (Burnaby NOW, March 21). Derek Corrigan now proclaims that he will "lie down in the mud" to stop Kinder Morgan expansion.

Dear Editor: The New Prosperity mine literally got the shaft from Prime Minister Harper and his cabinet. How could this happen to such a well-planned project, one that was thoroughly reviewed and fully approved by the Province of B.C.