Letters

It started last March, when someone told the auditor general's office a story. It's not uncommon for that watchdog to get lurid tales of corruption and wrongdoing straight off the street. Not all of them check out.

Thomas Mulcair has about three years to show the country that he and his unlikely Opposition party have matured enough to run the country. Good luck with that.

Re: "New residents should pay for highways," Sept. 6. There should be no argument with the writer as long as residents of Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich, etc.

The B.C. education ministry is planning a fundamental change in the way children are taught. Schools devote too much time to facts and figures, the ministry believes, and not enough to "big ideas.

Re: "B.C. pipeline review needed to restore legal powers," Aug. 31. The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline debate prompts increasing rhetoric. Former law professor Murray Rankin is now an adviser to NDP leader Adrian Dix.

Re: "Hunting is ethical way to control deer," Sept. 4. When a cougar chases down and sinks its teeth into a deer, it is not an inhumane cull but survival.

Re: "Off you go, soldier," Sept. 4. In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally admitted during the election that the Iraq war was "absolutely an error" - on national television, no less.

Re: "If horses could speak, what would they say?" Sept. 5. As someone with a lifelong love of horses, I have to respond to the letter about how Ontario racehorses will be destroyed by their owners if the Ontario racing industry collapses.

Re: "CRD looks to province for deer help," Sept. 6. Having looked at the recommendations from the deer advisory group, I see little or no relief for urban homeowners in the Capital Regional District.

Province's approach to religion dates back to its inception