Opinion

Premier Clark's support for the federal government's get-tough-on-crime legislation, which will require increased provincial spending, is ironic given her government's failure to adequately fund our current system.

If there is one way history will mark 2011, it will be as the year the people regained their voice. With luck, 2012 will be remembered as the year that voice brought about change.

Dear Editor: I emigrated from Taiwan to Canada, and I've been in New Westminster for three years. Currently, I'm attending the New Westminster Community Immigrant Mentorship Program by Family Services of Greater Vancouver.

The federal government's decidedly rightward shift has some potentially big implications for B.C. and whichever party forms the next government here.

Dear Editor: Climate change expert Mark Jaccard from Simon Fraser University says B.C. is on its way to blowing its emission reduction targets. This concerns me on a number of levels, not the least of which is the fact B.C.

Dear Editor: We've had a good look back in the pages of The Record at 2011, but I think it's time to look ahead.

Dear Editor: I totally empathize with Josh Bosher (re: Transit tough for the 'invisible disabled', The Record, Dec. 21.) I have osteoarthritis and experience great discomfort standing on the SkyTrain.

Dear Editor: I would just like to thank all the people who have put up Christmas lights this year. My husband and I go for walks in the evening and enjoy looking at them very much. Last night, my husband took three of our grandchildren to see them.

Dear Editor: On Dec.

Dear Editor: More than $100 million worth of electricity is stolen from B.C. Hydro every year, with much of it stolen to power marijuana grow-ops. As an honest B.C.