Green, NDP voters on Vancouver Island live in the dark
Does anyone note the irony of our election results? The majority of Vancouver Island voters supported either the NDP or Greens, yet the Island is totally dependent on outside power sources for oil, natural gas and hydro for their modern society.
All these fuel sources have the drawbacks that upset those voters, such as tankers, pipelines and transmission lines from hydro dams.
The simple solution to our current political dilemma is to turn off the lights on the Island and let them dwell in tent cities, heated and illuminated by burning 100-plusyear-old old-growth wood.
There would be the added benefit for politicians in the B.C. Legislature. They are used to debating issues in the dark and would not be distracted in the slightest by a blackout. Rick Angus, Vancouver
Going way of the dinosaurs
The recent article by Calgary Herald columnist Chris Varcoe was so small-minded. How Albertan of him to only care about how the B.C. election will affect his province’s oil industry.
Varcoe doesn’t understand that the vast majority of British Columbians aren’t interested in an economy that fills the pockets of the small-minded and kills the planet.
Of course, people in the Interior want jobs and don’t care how they come, but the majority isn’t interested in fossil fuels to fuel an economy that won’t deliver a peaceful future for our children and their children.
When the oil runs dry, what will Calgary be?
The dinosaurs died in Alberta. Pray that Varcoe and others get the message.
Troy Turi, Vancouver
Greens split the vote
NDP leader John Horgan says that 60 per cent of B.C. voters voted against the B.C. Liberal government. That is correct, but the 16.7 per cent who backed the Green party voted against both the Liberals and the NDP.
If Horgan reviewed the initial vote count of the May 9 provincial election, he would have noticed that the Green party affected possible Liberal or NDP seats in 34 out of 87 ridings.
It proves that the Greens will be around for a long time and will win more seats in the 2021 election. The Green party caused vote-splitting on behalf of both the Liberals and the NDP.
Horgan says the Liberals lost the election because they now have minority status. Actually, the NDP lost because this is the fifth time that party could not get the job done. Joe Sawchuk, Duncan
Put down the phones
Re: Cellphone ban at Victoria middle school riles parents.
It seems to me that us older folks managed just fine without cellphones when we went to school back in the dark ages. We went to friends’ homes after school, but only if we had made prior arrangements with our parents. It worked just fine. Working in the recent election at a school gym, I was amazed how many kids were on their phones. When my wife and I go out for dinner, we see countless younger people at their table, both on their phones, not talking. But then I guess it’s just as easy to text each other. It’s time to put the phones down.
Tom Duncan, Chilliwack