Opinion

Dear Editor: These are black and greasy days for Canadians who dare to believe that a livable environment is more important than wringing profits from shipping the world's dirtiest fuel.

Dear Editor: I immigrated to British Columbia in 2005 from the United States. I have been moved at the professionalism and the hard, dedicated work of teaching professionals here. B.C.

Can you have too many dollar stores in a small city like New Westminster? Apparently, some people believe you can. But if the city can't get the lapdancing palace on Columbia Street out, the chance of engineering dollar store limits seems unlikely.

Dear Editor: Re: Time to rethink military spending, Letters to the editor, The Record, Feb. 24. I never had a chance to meet my uncle, my dad's older brother. He was killed in action in May of 1945 at the age of 19.

Dear Editor: I feel sorry for the merchants trying to carry on a business in New West in regard to pay parking. I have lived in New West 35 years and will not shop on East Columbia because of the pay parking.

So far, this province's other two would-be premiers are keeping quiet about what, exactly, they would do that is so different from the ruling B.C. Liberals when it comes to government spending and taxation.

Dear Editor: The Harper government has tried to disguise the militarization of Canada from peacekeeper to powder monkey under the guise of self-defence (against whom I don't know). We have become a nation in lockstep with our neighbours to the south.

Dear Editor: It is a tough (sorry, "prudent") budget, not just because B.C. is broke but because this is not an election year. When the next provincial election campaign begins, however, a financial miracle will occur.

Dear Editor: Why is it every time the subject of marijuana rises to a public commentary, one of the first things we hear is "tax it, legalize it, regulate it"? I can make beer or wine and even grow tobacco with no licensing, regulating or taxing.

It's not as if they ever went away, but bullies are back in the news again. Again, we're reminded that, for many kids, going to school is a fearful experience.