Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: One Class Only, June 25 Your editorial is alarmingly prescient as Bill C-24 speaks of a future when, in Canada, many thousands of "citizens" will live with a very uncertain definition of what it meansto be Canadian and will, perhaps,

With the promise of sunny weather, this Canada Day could shape up to be the best one yet. The July 1 holiday commemorates the official signing of the British North America Act in 1867.

To the surprise of no one, Transportation Minister Todd Stone has told the Lower Mainland's mayors their transit plan is a non-starter if it means dipping into the province's carbon tax to pay for it.

Dear Editor: The government claims that the education budget has increased substantially over the last decade and claims there is no funding shortfall taking place.

Dear Editor: All we hear about these days is the usual ruckus coming from a few school teachers. I went to school in North Vancouver from 1947 to 1959. During the early years in elementary school, our class size was 40 to 44 students.

Dear Editor: I am very upset because our spring carnival was cancelled this year. Christy Clark needs to find a fair solution with the teachers so we can go back to school. Sara Tancon Grade 1 student Ross Road elementary North Vancouver

Dear Editor: Mayor Walton warns us if we don't accept more taxes for transit it could make life in the Lower Mainland quite miserable. Here's an idea: stop approving so many high density developments.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not realize it, but his government's decision to conditionally approve the Northern Gateway pipeline may be a huge gift to the very folks who are leading the charge against the pipeline ever being built.

Dear Editor: It is well nigh impossible to travel from Dollarton Highway west without endless lines of traffic slowing the pace.

Dear Editor: I read, with interest, the article on the concerns of the 400-block tenants of East First and Second streets . I, too, am an eighteen-year tenant of 600-block Second Street.