Opinion

Dear Editor: I have to congratulate the Record's recent editorial on bringing poverty in this city to our attention. I knew it was bad, just not how bad. What kind of society do we live in that allows such poverty to affect over 800,000 in B.C.

Dear editor: I can’t believe that this coal port plan has actually been approved.

Relax, everyone. B.C. is not going to lose its unique watchdog for children in government care anytime soon, if ever.

It’s the best excuse for doing nothing. And it’s probably the most used one. “I’m just one person, what difference will it make?” Yes, that one line is used to pretty much avoid responsibility for a lot of what happens around us.

Dear Editor: Re: Results of spanking poll are scary ,Inbox, The Record, Dec. 10.

Dear Editor It seems to me that TransLink has fallen off the public scrutiny over the last few months, but look more closely. They have not changed in any way.

There was a lot of high-fiving and celebratory handshakes when the world's countries reached that "historic" deal last weekend to fight climate change, but the harsh truth is that the ambitious goals of the deal are going to be hard to reach.

From a falling Canadian dollar to impossibly expensive homes: There’s always a frightening financial story guaranteed to have us fretting about our own financial future.

Dear Editor Re: Hundreds of New West kids live in poverty, the Record , Dec. 3. Your headline should have read “Hundreds of New West families live in poverty.” “Child poverty” is a euphemism for “family poverty.

Dear Editor I am astonished at the results of the polling for the question, “Should spanking children be illegal?” Hitting anyone of any age is assault, so I cannot believe that you claim 81 per cent believe spanking should be anything other than ill