Opinion

Dear Editor: Although I am not transgendered, I am a woman. I use the very same washrooms that New West Community Church pastor Paul Dirks is so concerned about. Let’s get real.

It’s hard to shake a bad reputation. Ask anybody who got drunk at their prom or streaked across the stadium during playoffs. So, it’s no surprise that New West still has a bad rep from the old days. The 1980s and ’90s in this city were pretty rough.

Living in a patriarchal culture means that no one is exempt from the confines of sexism, even at a middle school.

Dear Editor: Pastor Dirks’ reprehensible opinions and actions against a minority group that is just beginning to get recognition as legitimate equals in society reminds me of a Stephen Weinberg quote: “Religion is an insult to human dignity.

Dear Editor: After reading Theresa McManus’s article in last week’s Record about the possibility of an old school arcade opening up in New West, I was overjoyed.

Dear Editor: I can’t help but think that a reader board outside the Anvil Centre would draw much needed attention (and attendance) to this static building on Columbia Street.

Can ICBC survive? And if so, can it do so only through a huge increase in auto insurance rates? Those are questions worth pondering given the latest update on the Crown Corporation’s fiscal situation.

It’s hard to see how U.S. President Donald Trump – a belligerent and fact-challenged supporter of American interests over anything else – will improve B.C.’s chances for reaching a new deal on softwood lumber.

Andrew Weaver’s bill may seem a tad self serving. The B.C. Green Party leader and MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head re-introduced the Election Amendment Act 1 in the legislature this week. The bill would allow 16-year-olds to vote in B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: Pastor takes on transgender rights, Feb. 9.