Opinion

Premier Christy Clark says she's open to reconsidering the fall date for a referendum on TransLink. No wonder. Most of the mayors in the region are steadfast against holding the referendum.

Dear Editor: On Saturday, Jan. 18, I was walking through the restaurant parking lot on the corner of Kingsway and Nelson in Burnaby when I somehow tripped and fell, landing on my face.

It may be wise old King Solomon who is credited with the phrase, "there is nothing new under the sun," but anyone who has read brochures put out by municipal election candidates can attest to that pearl of wisdom.

Dear Editor: Since I missed the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown meeting for public input on offering an apology to the Chinese for the head tax of long ago, I'd like to offer my input now. The first question raised to me was, since when does our B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Choosing her own fate, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 24. Assisted suicide should be legal. Doctor-assisted suicide should be set aside as a separate issue. It clouds the main point. It slows the whole debate.

Once again our provincial government has spun for us a cautionary tale. This one is rooted deeply enough in the past to qualify as historic. It was 2002. British Columbians had elected a new government about a year earlier.

It's not uncommon in Burnaby to see the NDP tag-team on certain issues. Maybe the mayor or councillors have a concern they raise in city hall, and the local MPs bring it up on the federal level, or vice-versa.

The increasingly serious game of chicken between the provincial government and the mayors of Metro Vancouver over transit funding shows no sign of ending.

Dear Editor: Re: Forum: Apology should include tax refund, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 22. As a Chinese Canadian with grandparents that came in the 1890s, I have heard about the suffering due to the head tax and stories of discrimination.

Dear Editor: Re: Burnaby suffers without opposition, In My Opinion, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 24. I read with interest the opinion piece of Rick McGowan. Golly, I had no idea we were living in a "benevolent dictatorship" in Burnaby! Seems Mr.