Opinion

Dear Editor Re: Raising rates again? Taxpayer’s fed up, Inbox, the Record,Nov. 26. I agree with Mr. Prokovich 100 per cent! A recent article in the Recordreported a survey indicated citizens of New West are happy with a tax increase yet again.

If you're wondering why the B.C. government shows little interest in taking action to deal with Metro Vancouver's red-hot housing market, look no further than the most recent update of its fiscal situation.

It’s December. It’s dipping below freezing at night. The stores are blaring Christmas music. And the United Way’s annual National Report Card on Child and Family Poverty has found one in five children in Canada is now living below the poverty line.

In light of a debate currently raging on the Record's Facebook page over the newly installed WOW New Westminster , I had to resurrect this old column I wrote in May 2014, after the idea first came to the council of the day.

Dear Editor The world has become not only very busy but has turned into a terribly noisy place. We are constantly being bombarded by noise: SkyTrain, trains, trucks, traffic, machinery both industrial and domestic.

Dear Editor New Westminster is raising utilities again! What do you do with all the taxes and fees you guys collect? I would like my pensions to be $150,000 to $250,000 annually. Approximately a 15 per cent raise again. When does this B.S.

Dear Editor Re: Remembrance Day was poorly done, Inbox, the Record , Nov. 19. I am writing in response to the letter by Bill Davies regarding Remembrance Day. Mr.

It sometimes seems like one step forward and two steps back in the battle for gender equality. Justin Trudeau took one huge leap for gender equality in government when he built a cabinet with 50 per cent men and 50 per cent women.

Few issues are as challenging for the New Democratic Party than energy-related ones, and proof of that can be seen in two recent moves by the party both here in B.C. and right next door in Alberta.

Canada’s commitment to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees should make us all proud. Will it be a completely smooth undertaking? Probably not. Change seldom is. But not only is it the right thing to do, it proves that we do learn from history’s lessons.