Green betrayal means we should have another election
Should the NDP and the Green party bring down the government in a confidence motion, the lieutenant-governor should immediately dissolve the legislative assembly and allow voters to decide if they still have confidence in the opposition parties.
As a former Green supporter, I have lost all confidence in them and have absolutely no faith in the NDP.
Good government is supposed to be about having intelligent, responsible, caring people who will put the interests of British Columbians over themselves, their parties or special interests. Yet, if we look at the merger of the NDP and the Greens, we can see that the Greens sacrificed any chance of meaningful change to fulfil their environmental agenda.
By aligning themselves with the NDP, they have lost all credibility of being a viable third party that could break new ground and bring back hope and change in B.C. politics.
Michael Aiello, Vancouver
Real mental help required
The only reason for spending millions of dollars making bridges suicide-proof is so bureaucrats can appear to be doing something about people with mental illness. Anti-suicide rails aren’t going to stop suicides — people will just find another way to do it.
If bureaucrats truly want to help people with mental illness, they’ll spend that money on actually helping folks by creating places for them to go, by providing free counselling, by implementing systems that will identify people on the brink.
It won’t be showy like bars on a bridge, but it will truly be doing something instead of putting on appearances.
Pamala Combs, Langley
No jobs, no need for daycare
NDP Leader John Horgan promises $10-a-day daycare at a cost of $1.5 billion per year for 10 years to implement. He’s clearly optimistic about his tenure.
Meanwhile, he’s throwing a wrench in the Site C dam, where 2,200 construction jobs are at risk. As well, the policies of Horgan and Green party Leader Andrew Weaver jeopardize the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of workers and their families in the resource sector. They won’t need daycare then, will they?
Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge
PETA has zero credibility
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had little credibility before their latest stunt — trying to plant a fake video of someone abusing a cat on YouTube. The cat turned out to be a computer-generated animal.
PETA’s past actions include euthanizing thousands of pets handed in to be rehoused and then sending out dunning letters to supporters asking them to send money to stop the killing.
While they may have done some good work in the past, PETA is now really just a vegan cult. Gregory Middleton, Salt Spring Island
The day the music dies
It’s with shock and dismay that I’m witnessing the demise of another music-format station. CISL AM 650 will revert to an all-sports format in September. By my count, that’ll make three sports stations in our region. Stations 650, 1040 and 1410 will try and divide up that demographic and be successful. Good luck with that.
Add to that the loss of broadcast hall-offamer Red Robinson, who’ll no longer be on CISL. How sad to lose that music legend.
Thanks very much, CRTC, for allowing this to happen. There was great music on CISL for many years. The station will be missed.
Gord Larkin, Burnaby