Only another election can sort out who should run B.C.
Who says B.C. doesn’t want another election? Are those the same pollsters who said that former NDP leader Adrian Dix and his party were going to win big and form the government in 2013? That’s funny, as the election results proved the opposite.
In our most recent election, voters gave the Liberals the most seats and no one voted for a backdoor deal between the NDP and Greens.
As such, if the opposition parties bring down the government, I’m sure that there will be a tremendous amount of support for another election to get to the truth as to whom the electorate would really like to see govern B.C.
Michael Aiello, Vancouver
Two-faced?
Let’s see. You govern with a majority for years and have no ethical qualms about starving the health-care, public-school and daycare systems of the funding that would allow them to function properly. Then you lose that majority, discover “what the people want,” and suddenly understand that these services are in desperate need of better funding.
It’s nice to know that Christy Clark’s ethics are as adjustable as her smile.
Ray Arnold, Richmond
We didn’t vote for this
Of course we need another election. May’s election proves that first-past-the-post is best, as we are already seeing that a minority government means anarchy.
As a Vancouverite, I do appreciate all the NDP and Green supporters who voted to end those two bridge tolls. But I don’t believe our two comrades from Vancouver Island explained their plan to pay for it in an upfront, honest manner. They have a mileage-tax scheme that will tax every vehicle owner based on yearly mileage.
As most of this will fund transit in Vancouver, it sounds great. But for those living on Vancouver Island or the Interior I suspect it’s not what they were sold when they bought all that nonsensical pandering.
To be fair, B.C. voters need another election. British Columbians need to see what the NDP’s Vision party has done to Vancouver. Do they really want that insanity in the whole province? Tim Arden, Vancouver
Tough judges needed
Ninety days in jail for Andelina Kristina Hecimovic for decimating two young lives and destroying their families! What’s the point of trying criminals in B.C. courts?
Judges have made our justice system a mockery. Our courts favour the wrongdoers and punish victims. Essentially, we’re inviting deviants to commit crimes. Law enforcement spend hours of time putting together cases only to hear joke sentences.
An eye for an eye sounds right now. Overhaul our courts and hire some responsible judges or our society will degrade more.
Svee Bains, Vancouver
Sentence sends bad message
Let me get this straight. You have a bad day at work. You choose to drive home. You speed and blow through a stop sign. You get into an accident and kill two people. Your punishment is a holiday at club fed. Sounds like a reasonable deterrent.
Bob Grennan, North Vancouver
Combustible cladding here?
It appears the reason the London highrise fire spread so rapidly and engulfed the entire building was that a highly combustible cladding had been installed on the outside of the building.
Concrete and steel highrises are designed to localize fires and prevent them from spreading.
The installation of combustible cladding nullified the building’s fire-control design and allowed the fire to spread rapidly on the outside of the building.
I would like to know if this type of cladding is used in Canadian buildings and, if so, what our authorities are planning to do about it?
Garth Evans, Vancouver