Opinion

Instead of political leaders following the business community around on their hands and knees, they need to realize all they have to do is control the greed in a productive way to the wishes of the community; they would do well.

As a BC Hydro customer, I am absolutely appalled that BC Hydro is installing Smart Meters throughout all of BC this summer. I will not allow this dangerous technology into my home.

I read with utter amazement, yet another ludicrous attack on Wayne Procter, the regional district directors and my intelligence regarding the Gas N Go. Suck it up people and move on.

This is an open letter to John Tapics, president of Compliance Energy Corporation, objecting to your usurping of the iconic image of the Comox glacier in your draft AIR/EIS Guideline document for the proposed Raven coal mine.

OMG, the letter about housing the homeless in huts — 32 men in each and another hut as mess hall — to you, it may have worked in the military, but when I read your letter, I thought 'would you like the homeless to wear striped pajamas?'

As a member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 718, I take great exception to your headline for the article about our labour dispute with Canada Post Corporation (CPC) ("CUPW Workers Were Preparing to go Postal"). This simply perpetuates the stereotype of postal workers as unstable hotheads who go off at a moment's notice.

The Conservative government, freshly-elected with a majority of seats, plans to bring in legislation to give B.C., Alberta and Ontario the actual number of Commons seats those fast-growing provinces deserve. It’s long overdue.

In light of Mayor Bates' recent comments regarding coal mine protesters in the May Day Parade, I am reminded yet again that challenging issues require leadership that not only welcomes opposing perspectives but recognizes it as a need for deeper understanding and more dialogue.

Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan began his four-year term as minister of Aboriginal and Northern Development by closing his office in Port McNeill.