Opinion

The claim by B.C.

For the cynics who bailed on voting in the last provincial election because: “Ah, it doesn’t matter who is in the government. It’s all baloney,” the NDP has made it quite clear – it does matter. It matters a lot.

Dear Editor: This summer, the Front Street mews opened with great fanfare, but there was no official recognition that it was about eight months behind schedule.

Several weeks ago, NDP house leader Mike Farnworth insisted to me that he was convinced his party was going to be able to cling to power longer than many – including those in that party – had speculated.

The B.C. legislature will have a noticeably different look when it resumes sitting later this week, as a sea of new faces – 27 of them – will take their places as rookie MLAs.

Dear Editor: Re: Don’t waste your chance for a greener planet, Community, Record , Aug. 31. I have always believed that in order to get people to comply with ‘a new way of doing things’, such as recycling, you need to make it as easy as possible.

Dear Editor: So Mayor Jonathan Cote is not happy his provincial brethren removed the tolls on the two Lower Mainland bridges. He says it will affect the replacement of the Pattullo Bridge. I am sure he is so broken up about that fact.

Dear Editor: I read with frustration the article on getting people to recycle in New Westminster. (Don’t waste your chance for a greener planet, Community, Record , Aug. 31.

This article originally appeared on 5kids1condo.com . It has been republished with permission from the author.

Government spending on buildings is often rated more highly than money spent on people. After all, the fact that a new school or highway is an investment is the justification for going into long-term debt.