Letters

Re: “Clark, son to help build Indian school,” Dec. 16. I found this news particularly insulting and ironic. If Premier Christy Clark wants her son to “learn empathy,” perhaps she should model what empathy is in her leadership role. Given that B.C.

Re: “E-cigarettes pose a variety of very real dangers,” comment, Dec. 12.

Re: “B.C. vital in next vote: Mulcair,” Dec. 16. Two things bring federal political leaders to our Island, winter and elections. One actually resides here.

Re: “Esquimalt ship sparks Navy ban on drinking,” Dec. 13. I was rather surprised by the announcement that “effective immediately” Royal Canadian Navy ships would be “dry.

This is supposed to be an age when people are encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle … and reduce printing.

Re: “Ferry booking system the wrong way to go,” letter, Dec. 12. The letter-writer’s suggestion that travellers should not have a booking system available to them is precisely the wrong way to go. I have been waiting for 20 years for B.C.

Re: “Mulcair to talk electoral reform,” Dec. 13.

Re: “Celebrating bacon,” Dec. 12. Apparently, many men like to strut their manliness by killing themselves off.

Re: “Victoria building relations with First Nations,” Dec. 16. We human beings are fond of our traditions, ceremonies, rituals and symbols. Most of us are content to live with them without analyzing them too much.

Re: “Do addicts deserve heroin or exile?” Dec. 7.