We should rename B.C. Family Day as ‘Dr. Bonnie Henry Day’
I hope all of you are staying safe and healthy during these arduous times.
I applaud our Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix for keeping our province abreast of constant updates regarding COVID-19. And then there are the informative and calming communications by our beloved Dr. Bonnie Henry. My simple suggestion is to rename B.C. Family Day to Dr. Bonnie Henry Day as she has essentially kept our beautiful province as safe as can possibly be.
I can’t imagine the stress our premier, minister and our PHO is under but I thank each of you for your efforts. To honour my gratitude to you all, I will remain in Phase I as I feel more safe here. Continue to stay safe and healthy in our New World.
Leslie Stoneham, Surrey
Kids will be kids and play
Re: Parents threatened with $100 fines for letting children play on Surrey townhouse lane
This is for the strata owners. Unlike the childhood that many of us were lucky to have, these kids do not have the same opportunity to run out the door in the morning and show up in time for dinner. In my twenties I lived in a strata unit. My boyfriend and I picked an end unit, thinking it would be quieter. Nope. The kids in the complex used our bedroom’s outside wall to play handball. We partied a lot then and often had hangovers. I didn’t complain to the council that children were having fun.
It was my own fault for having a hangover.
Ann Wilson, Surrey
Entry-level jobs are crucial
Re: The sociological case for limiting automation.
I couldn’t agree with letter writer, K. Hampton, more. How are our young people supposed to learn about things like this when some of the bigger stores are going away from “checkouts” to “self serve?” Personally, I refuse to use them, gas stations excluded.
They make a good point about supplementing their income, like some of our seniors.
Also, due to a shortage of farm workers from other countries, perhaps it is time to get these able-bodied, welfare collecting “people” doing something to help out the economy instead of just collecting their cheques.
Like I did.
David Reid, Burnaby
The real scourge of DTES
Re: The Downtown Eastside is a war zone disaster — stop ghettoizing it
It was so refreshing to read an accurate and honest assessment of the Downtown Eastside by John Mackie. I believe that political correctness is the real scourge of this area as it discourages any rational remedy for the pathos that exists in the area.
It is a complete embarrassment and a systematic failure that has led to the inhumane treatment of vulnerable persons who require treatment and a way out of their death spiral rather than continuing enablement.
Don Sukkau, Delta