Letters
Letters
The article "Dementia patients left via open gate" July 7, reported "The last woman was found at 7:30 p.m. in a pub in Oak Bay"
Letters
The government's argument that $300,000-plus public sector salaries are needed to keep the best people in challenging times simply doesn't ring true.
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Don't impose rules on dogs in stores
A writer suggested dogs did not used to be allowed in stores. Stores always have been private enterprise and free to make their own rules regarding our four-legged citizens, grocery stores excepted, of course.
Cowichan Valley needs mental-health resources
Re: "Addiction, mental illness require joint approach," June 30
Nothing sinister in missing e-mails
The editorial about the need for an inquiry into deleted provincial government e-mails related to the B.C. Rail sale was well-reasoned, but starting from incorrect assumptions can lead the best of reasoning to a faulty conclusion.
Private care fine, with public payment
One society, one health-care system, one set of doctors, one set of nurses, one set of high-tech medical equipment, plus triaging, equals Canadian universal health care.
Gravel E&N trail a huge mistake
I read with great concern that the first phase of the E&N Rail trail will be gravelled, not paved, to save about $950,000.
Sheets for the table have a long history
Your helpful suggestion of sheets as a cheap source of table clothes (July 4) made me recall the verse we used to write in each other's autograph books in grade school in the late 1930s. It goes:
Immunization effort saving children's lives
Barbara Lewis hits the mark with her article on the Happy Planet Index (July 5). The article quoted Nic Marks of the New Economic Foundation: "Following the siren's song of economic growth has delivered only marginal benefits to the world's poorest while undermining the basis of their livelihoods."
Prop-rep argument on shaky foundation
I disagree with Jim Hume's position in his provocative column "Look to Europe for lessons about electoral change" (July 5).
History's lessons on electoral reform
Jim Hume's warning that pursuers of electoral reform should be careful what they wish for (June 5) equally applies to its opponents. In evoking the images of Nazi concentration camps, he might also recall the evidence given by Adolf Hitler's deputy, Hermann Goering, at the 1946 Nuremberg trials, who held th
No justifications for Honduran coup
While Canada voted at the Organization of American States to condemn the military government in Honduras, Peter Kent, Canada's minister of state for foreign affairs, also indicated veiled support for the de facto government. "The coup was certainly an affront to the region, but there is a context in which t
Verdict in hockey trial was bad for the game
Judge Michael Hubbard doesn't want his judgment viewed as approval of violence, yet finds the perpetrator of violence innocent.
Hospital cleaning steadily gets worse
In 1984, I spent six days in Victoria General Hospital. During that stay in a private room, I met a cleaning staff member four times, three dusting the floor and once washing.
Dogs in stores are not welcome
The writer of the letter "Dogs in stores bad for allergies" made many good points.
Pull the plug on Canada Day chaos
Let's look at what the extravagant Canada Day event really costs our community.
Proportional rep criticism unfounded
In his article "Look to Europe for lessons about electoral change" (July 5), Jim Hume claims that proportional representation is responsible for the election of "a whole bunch of right-wing fanatics" in the European parliament.
Catalyst should pay
I too am tired of paying more tax than I think is reasonable -- municipal property taxes, provincial taxes, fees and charges and GST, income tax and surcharges and all the others that are hidden by our politicians, like the dividend taken by the province from B.C. Hydro every year -- many millions that is r
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Dave Obee
Hansen's chance for budget straight talk
We are still almost two months away from seeing a revised budget for this fiscal year, one that will update the optimistic one unveiled by Finance Minister Colin Hansen in February. But today, with the release of the annual public accounts, we will get a sense of what might be in store.
