‘Entitled’ Bremner shouldn’t act so special, reader writes
Vancouver Coun. Hector Bremner, upset that the Non-Partisan Association won’t allow him to run for mayor under the NPA banner, is angry and slamming people in his own party. That’s not a good idea.
Barely elected in a byelection in October, he’s acting extremely entitled. In B.C. politics, more often than not, we vote people out, not in, as we did in his case (in voting against Vision).
He should try doing a full term as councillor before feeling so special.
Hugh Shirreff, Vancouver
No God, no freedom
I agree with letter writer John Clench that the institution of marriage, the foundation of all great civilizations — Hindu, Chinese, Islamic and our own Judeo-Christian civilization — should be respected because it upholds moral and ethical values and encourage human beings to realize the image of God within them.
However, the power-hungry Marxist and socialists all over the world are bent on destroying marriage, family, church etc., so they can construct their utopia, where the primary allegiance of individuals, lured by
unlimited sexual freedom, will be to the state.
Such utopian plans never work in the long run, as seen in the collapse of the U.S.S.R., the calamity in once-rich Venezuela and the prison that is Cuba. Jiti Khanna, Vancouver
Say no to bitumen
The Kinder Morgan issue isn’t about the pipeline, but what’s in the pipeline. I say no to bitumen. Refine it at the source.
Build the pipeline and ship all the gas, diesel and refined crude you want, but don’t move diluted bitumen, the carbon-intensive polluting form of oil.
The industry and experts are still evolving the response and cleanup procedures of a diluted bitumen spill. Environmentally and economically, it’s a loser.
Robert Smith, Burnaby
Pot calling the oil black
As a regulator of underground storage tanks in Alberta, I’m amazed at the hypocrisy of the B.C. government in denying the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline.
Since the early 1990s, the rest of Canada has had proactive rules and policies in place to prevent the release of hydrocarbons to groundwater. B.C. has never enacted similar measures and is the butt of jokes within my regulatory community.
The leak detection used by the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline is a step up from what’s mandated by the B.C. government on service stations in the middle of communities.
Victoria, Vancouver and Burnaby should look inside their own cities before imposing their will on the rest of Canada.
Don Edgecombe, Edmonton
No free lunch, young voters
Attorney-General David Eby is considering pre-registering teenagers to vote. Is this a move toward lowering the voting age?
If young people can’t make the effort to register to vote, how much effort are they going to make toward getting informed? In my discussions with new voters, it’s obvious they fall into lockstep with whomever promises the most freebies at election time, without a thought as to how it will all be paid for.
This call to get things “free” from the government is misguided as the government is fully funded by taxpayers. It’s amazing how many people believe making the government pay for something doesn’t affect their own bottom line, as if governments get their money from a different taxpayer.
Fran Berry, Prince George