Minister Ida Chong is only now critical of the Provincial Capital Commission's performance?
A few pages from the Feb. 1 story "Air your views on LRT funding" (only $950 million of taxpayers' money) is the opinion piece on the E&N written by the chief operating officer of the Island Corridor Foundation.
I would like to make a suggestion to the Occupy group. Start a citizens non-confidence vote against the Harper Conservatives. Maybe we can get rid of them before they do any more damage to this country.
Regarding the comments made by a Conservative senator ("Let worst offenders hang themselves") is it prisoners now, pensioners next?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems to be in a mood to fiddle with our pensions.
Re: "Family and friends walk for Lindsay Buziak," Feb. 3.
A recent letter mentioned the need to "put one [English teacher] in the museum and be done with it."
The civic brain trusts contend that Cedar Hill provides affordable golf recreation that other courses do not.
From its log-barricaded start, Victoria has developed into a tourist destination with a lovely, inviting harbour and a gentle skyline.
As a resident of View Royal, helplessly impacted by the almost year-long beautification project on the old Island Highway, I am groaning at the thought of the Craigflower Bridge replacement.
Linking to the mainland would not be cheap or easy, but making it happen only requires stepping out of the 20th century car-box. I propose an undersea tunnel with electrified rail (lack of ventilation would not allow for cars).
Responding in a recent interview to indications that the income gap in British Columbia is widening, our intrepid Finance Minister Kevin Falcon joked that Cuba has income equality because everyone is equally poor.
Re: "Spending priorities need a second look," letter, Feb. 1.
A recent letter suggested that ferries should be thought of as being more like buses than planes.
Perhaps the most unfortunate part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's branding those Canadians whose values differ from his, and the use of public resources to denigrate and undermine them, is the failure of Conservative members and ministers to step forward and stand up for Canadian citizens and their democratic rights.
What a unique idea: start cutting back on pensions of those most likely unable to afford any cuts, or delay their pension for two years.