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Letter: LNG Canada, B.C. climate targets in light of the 2018 IPCC report

To The Editor: Dear:  Honourable John Horgan, Premier Cc: Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Honourable Michelle Mungall, Minister of Energy and Mines From:  Climate Change Scientists and Climate Policy Experts Date:  December 2, 2018 Re: LNG Canada and B.C. climate targets in light...

Letter: Take time to mark your PR ballot

To The Editor: It is a sign of our times that the most important political decision of our time is sitting in a ballot on our kitchen table (or misplaced in our junk mail).   We have in front of us an opportunity to change the voting system in our Province. We can remain with a system that limits choice and places decision ...

Letter: Why I Voted For Proportional Representation

To The Editor: I am truly appreciative of all the voters who have contacted me because they are trying to figure out for themselves how they might vote in this important referendum . I voted for Proportional Representation. Why? Because I am a Green Party supporter? No. I grew up in the UK under both Conservative and Labour...

Letter: Mail in Your Ballot

To The Editor: It is a sign of our times that the most important political decision of our time is sitting in a ballot on our kitchen table (or misplaced in our junk mail). We have in front of us an opportunity to change the voting system in our Province. We can remain with a system that limits choice and places decision...

Letter: Huge Provincial Subsidies Threaten Health, Prosperity

To The Editor: BC taxpayers miss out on almost a billion dollars every year due to our government's dangerous and misguided fossil fuels subsidies; dangerous because fossil fuel expansion threatens to further degrade the health of BC's citizens and environment, misguided as it unfairly skews the market away from the clean...

LETTER: Huge Provincial Subsidies Threaten Health, Prosperity

Dear Editor, BC taxpayers miss out on almost a billion dollars every year due to our government's dangerous and misguided fossil fuels subsidies; dangerous because fossil fuel expansion threatens to further degrade the health of BC's citizens and environment, misguided as it unfairly skews the market away from the clean energy...

Letter: A voting reform alternative

To The Editor: For those British Columbians who are uncertain about the choices offered in the Proportional Representation referendum, and have not yet voted, there is an alternative voting system that could well work for most citizens and most political parties. The current First Past the Post system offers simplicity in...

Letter: 100th anniversary of War Amps

To The Editor: As Remembrance Day approaches, I would like to pay tribute to the amputee veterans who founded The War Amps, which marks its 100th anniversary this year. On returning from the First World War, they came together to help each other adapt to their new reality. They then welcomed the next generation of amputee...

Letter: Confused about proportional representation

To The Editor: Confused about proportional representation? Read this. A key ingredient in any democracy is that people choose their leaders based on their values.  In our current voting system we are often forced to choose between a person or a party or to vote “strategically”. The make-up of the government often doesn’t...

Letter: Candidate commentary on Nelson’s election

To The Editor: I’d like to offer commentary on Nelson’s election, if I may; I was one of the candidates. First, voter turnout: 55% isn't impressive. Nelson elections once had better turnout to polls. Toronto had only 40% in their election, but why go low for  comparison? Second, no councillor elected received 50% of the popular...

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