Opinion

The Lower Mainland’s mayors and TransLink have started a process to study how road pricing could be used to combat traffic congestion. In the most general terms, road pricing is a system of tolls that charges drivers based on the distance they drive.

Dear Editor: Interesting choice of cover photo Friday, June 2 for the Blueridge Good Neighbours Day pie eating contest. I’ll definitely remember it when I read about the shortages at the food bank. Left me with a bad taste.

Dear Editor: I am a Sunshine Cabs driver based on Lonsdale and on Saturday evening at about 10:30 p.m. I left McDonald’s at Lonsdale Avenue and 20th Street heading south.

Dear Editor: Re: MLAs React to NDP/Green Agreemen t, June 2 front-page story. So newly minted NDP MLA Bowinn Ma thinks Clark should step down since the majority of people didn’t support the Liberals.

Dear Editor: Re: Mayors Council Moves on Mobility Pricing , June 7 front-page story. In the old days, North Vancouver used to be a low-keyed, laid-back city. Nowadays it hums with urban activity and a big city vibe.

I don’t want to sound too alarmist, but we’re on the brink of a civil war, and the battleground is in our own front yard. It’s hard not to sound alarmist when you’re talking about the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.

Just seven months ago, teachers won a long-standing legal battle to have limits on class size and composition – arbitrarily removed 15 years ago by the B.C. Liberal government – restored in schools.

How are we going to fix this mess? That was the topic of a recent meeting on traffic congestion by the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and TransLink, where they outlined their determination to look into mobility pricing.

Dear Editor: Re: Marine Drive Corridor Draft Plan Unveiled , June 2 news story.

One of the big issues facing all levels of government these days is clearly housing. It’s also clear that there are several housing challenges.