Letters

Re: "Deal gives BCGEU workers a pay hike," Sept. 29. B.C.'s teachers went through months of prolonged and pointless haggling to try to reach a settlement while being constantly told there was no money for a salary increase.

Re: "Clarity needed on curbing debt," Sept. 29. I agree that our children and grandchildren will pay for the present and previous two B.C. governments' failure to manage debt. The NDP government left the province $27 billion in debt. The B.C.

A boat packed with revellers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens in the deadliest accident to strike the Chinese territory in years.

Re: "Maybe Quebec students have it right," Sept. 29. Shannon Corregan's column seems to perpetuate the assumption that everybody has or should go to university. I have witnessed this in many guises since coming to Canada in 1970.

Re: "A reasonable outcome," Sept. 29. The editorial commends the B.C. Government and Services Employees' Union for not seeking "increases the public purse couldn't afford.

Re: "Byelection urged to replace trustees," Sept 29. The Union of B.C. Municipalities is urging the province to order a vote to elect Cowichan school trustees.

Harper government only making empty promises on carbon emissions

Last week's report by the Council of Canadian Academies on the status of science and technology in our universities, non-profit and government sectors produced interesting headlines.

As a taxpayer of View Royal, I am angry that we are forced to spend money on a referendum. I am angry that the countless hours I spent attending council, committee of the whole and budget meetings meant nothing.

The B.C. Anesthesiologists' Society has asked B.C. Supreme Court for intervenor status in a lawsuit challenging B.C.'s ban on private health insurance.