Letter: Green Party candidate raises concern over TPP
To the Editor: I am deeply concerned about the misinformation being spread in our riding about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Former Conservative MP Jim Abbott, now senior advisor to the David Wilks election campaign, trumpets the new trade agreement as “a gigantic achievement” and suggests the Elk Valley’s coal industry is...
Letter: Government should not push through TPP trade agreement during campaign
To The Editor: The recently negotiated (Trans-Pacific Partnership) TPP trade agreement is another example of the Harper Conservatives trying to throw the Election in their favour. Again Harper has shown his disdain for democracy by ignoring the Canadian Constitution. According to our Constitution, when Harper dissolved...
Letter: To vote strategically or to not vote strategically
To The Editor: In 2011, Stephen Harper convinced Canadians to give him a majority, and look how that turned out. Harper used - some might say abused - this majority to bring in a vast amount of poorly conceived, highly partisan legislation - including all the omnibus budgets - badly done but rushed through Parliament with ...
Take time to consider the options when you vote
To The Editor: With the two front runner candidates, (Wayne) Stetski (of the NDP) and (David) Wilks (of the Conservatives), currently locked at 37 percent in the local polls, those voters planning to vote either Green or Liberal need to know that their votes will only serve to help Wilks get re-elected. Only if those of us ...
Clean Energy Future Leaving Canada Behind
To The Editor: According to an article in Forbes magazine, Japan’s lost nuclear output since Fukushima has been half displaced by efficiency, frugality, and renewables. Renewables provide 13% of America’s energy, 33% of Italy’s, 46% of Spain’s, 50% of Scotland’s, over 50% of Denmark’s, and 64% of Portugal’s. Germany’s...
Letter to The Editor: Too Little, Too Late
To the Editor: This is an open letter to David Wilks. Mr. Wilks, you are running for re-election as MP for Kootenay-Columbia. I would like your constituents to know that I believe you are not a fit person for the job. Over the past four years, you have shown that you are more concerned with following orders from the Prime...
Letter: EcoSociety Executive Director squashes Cottonwood Market rumours
To The Editor You may have read or heard that Cottonwood Market's future is uncertain. I want to assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. The City of Nelson is planning to tear down the current buildings at the end of this season, but we plan to work with the city to erect new shelters before the season begins...
Letter: Vandalism, theft of campaign signs cannot be tolerated
To The Editor: Politics at its best? Or politics at its worst? With the official start of the federal election being called over the August long weekend, we also saw the start of political parties’ election sign campaigns. Now, love them, or hate them, they are part of the political tradition in Canada, and one of the most ...
Letter: Canada right to stay the course
To The Editor: Many environmentalists and climate-warming panic artists have bemoaned Stephen Harper’s less than speedy transition to non-carbon sources of power. While there have been some efforts towards windpower (Alberta) and tidal power (New Brunswick) in conversion to electrical energy it is obvious that these efforts,...
LETTER: Top two federal parties suppressing and oppressing working class Canada
Is The US Dollar Collapsing, or is it Not? There are three schools of thought on where the US dollar is headed, some say it will be dead before Sept. 2015 is over. Some believe it is business as usual, while a third group points to the US dollar as deflating. Now I’m a Canadian, and personally, I do not care who is right, ...
