Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Moodyville Park Land Swap Goes to Negative Vote, Jan. 17 news story. The alternative approval process is difficult to access for the average person and discourages most from participating.

“I don’t need farmers; I get my food from the grocery store.

To err is human, to baselessly accuse political rivals of crimes against democracy is pure Christy Clark. B.C.

Dear Editor: I was saddened to hear of the passing of both Gary and Carol Troll of Troll’s restaurant in Horseshoe Bay (Jan. 23 and Jan. 20 respectively).

Battle stations, baby boomers! Put down that third martini –you are in danger of imminent attack by swarms of envious, property-starved millennials! If you haven’t read Stephen Price’s trumpet blast rallying the generation hopelessly doomed to shabby

The recent report by B.C.’s acting representative for children and youth into the death of 18-year-old Alex Gervais is a stunning indictment of B.C.’s child protection system that has repeatedly failed to protect the most vulnerable.

Dear Editor: Brendan McAleer’s Changing Speed Limits is No Quick Fix, Jan.

Dear Editor: Thank you for your Jan. 24 front-page story, West Van’s Population Shrank in 2016. It certainly gave an interesting perspective of the transportation challenges that have occurred over the last five years.

Dear Editor: Why do we need census results to find the cause of stagnant populations and gridlocked traffic on the North Shore? It’s already obvious: fear.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided not to go through with one of his campaign promises, and we should all breathe a sigh of relief. Trudeau will not arbitrarily reform the federal electoral system.