Opinion

Dear Editor: In his 2012 budget speech March 29, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty asserted action was necessary to ensure the Old Age Security program remained sustainable.

Perhaps the best that could be said of last week's federal budget is that it could have been much, much worse. The Conservative government is working to get the country out of a deficit.

Dear Editor: Re: Financial info should be online, Editor's Letter, Burnaby NOW, March 30. I would like to congratulate the editor of the Burnaby NOW for speaking very openly about Burnaby's city hall politics.

Now that spring break has ended, and teachers and students have returned to school (somewhat reluctantly in both cases, given the continuing labour clashes), we should consider the issue of salaries and payment. Nope, not for the teachers.

Dear Editor: With the new Port Mann Bridge getting closer to completion, mayors and politicians are figuring out how to charge for tolls for bridge. In my opinion, I would make it as simple as possible.

Dear Editor: The cost of maintaining one's health in this age of prepackaged food and sedentary leisure activities is becoming prohibitively high.

NDP is holding onto its old supporters, while Liberals are losing theirs to both the Conservatives and NDP

Dear Editor: I agree that financial statements from civic election campaigns should be made to be easier to access in this day and age (Financial info should be online, Editor's Letter, Burnaby NOW, March 30).

Dear Editor: I attended my first Burnaby board of education budget presentation last night. I learned many things. The Burnaby school district is underfunded through its grant from the provincial government by $1.4 million.

As a pundit once said, "there's justice and then there's the law.