Tagged With: letter to the editor
Predictions of NDP’s death unfounded
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 29 January 2011 Surely Adrian Raeside has been following B.C. politics long enough to know that it is naive to depict the NDP as a “dying party” (cartoon, Jan. 21). The New Democratic Party is no stranger to controversy or internal debate. It is composed … Continue reading
Deal with root causes of homelessness
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 26 August 2010 Re: “Picnic brigade reclaims patch of Pandora Avenue,” Aug. 22. I live in the immediate vicinity of downtown Victoria, with all the social problems of homelessness and substance misuse outside my doorstep. I would, of course, prefer that poor people had housing … Continue reading
WFP land sales haven’t helped mills
Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 5 October 2009 A recent article suggests that Western Forest Products wants to sell 2,500 hectares of undeveloped land on southwestern Vancouver Island “to finance mill modernization.” I do not believe this. WFP is as much a land development company as a forestry company. It … Continue reading
Lower the speed limit in Victoria to 30 km/h
Letter published in Fernwood News (Victoria), December 2008 As a parent, cyclist and pedestrian, I’ve got a bold proposal for neighbourhood safety – lower the speed limit on all City of Victoria streets to 30 km/h. Unnecessary, excessive, foolish? The current limit, 50 km/h, enables commuters to race along Fernwood’s borders – Pandora, Cook, Shelbourne, … Continue reading
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Race to the bottom
Letter to the Editor published in the Daily Gleaner (Fredericton), 4 June 2011 Re: Story published May 30 called, “Time to reform public-sector pensions, city told” The Fredericton Chamber of Commerce is wrong to attack the pension benefits of city workers. While pension reform may sound harmless, it threatens workers whether they have pensions or … Continue reading »