Letters

Re: "Rotted trail not a risk, park says," Sept. 8. Parks Canada does an extremely good job of maintaining the bridges, cable cars and ladder structures on the West Coast Trail where a fault would result in a serious injury.

Re: "Elk Lake Restaurant closing," Sept. 8. I was raised but a stone's throw from the Tasty Spot (as the Elk Lake Restaurant was known then) back in the late 1950s. and it played a prominent role in my life.

While "unethical" may be a bit of a stretch, offering teachers more money to teach bigger classes is certainly no way to improve the education system in British Columbia.

International markets offer province a foundation for long-term growth

Some members of Victoria city council are upset that a consultant's report on seismic upgrading didn't reach them. It appears that staff received the report in 2010, but did not pass it on to council.

B.C. Ferries attributes part of its financial problems to rising fuel costs. The problem is that it is using the wrong fuel. If the ferries were to be fuelled with natural gas, the fuel costs would be reduced to less than half. B.C.

Sunday must have been Lack of Respect Day.

Reports about "what will change inside B.C.'s classrooms" miss the point. The more relevant question is "what has changed outside B.C.'s classrooms," because that is what is driving the evolution of B.C.'s public-education system.

I was shocked to read that Victoria city council is proposing to charge the Canadian Pacific Lawn Bowling Club $500 per year for the continued use of the historic green behind the Crystal Garden.

Re: "New cabinet should show leadership," Sept. 9. The letter with respect to the writer's company pension brings home the fact that the majority of middle-class citizens have to exist on the minimum of pensions when they retire.