Opinion

Faced with an 18,000-name petition calling for a tax on foreign real estate investment, Premier Christy Clark responded with remarkable candor this week. “By moving foreign owners out of the market, housing prices will drop,” she told the CBC.

Dear Editor: I have lived in North Vancouver all my life — 45 years. I live on the east side of Seymour River. I don’t know when North Vancouver politicians decided it was a good idea to increase urban density.

Chances are, if you are reading this newspaper you are a proud member of the grammar police. In fact, we are all grammar police.

Dear Editor: On May 3 my husband and I went for a run on the Seymour Demonstration trailway. He was ahead of me when near the seven-kilometre mark he suffered a seizure.

Dear Editor: Re: Waterslide a Waste of Resources , April 15 Mailbox What the heck is (letter-writer) Sue Avery thinking? I think the waterslide and car-free day is a fantastic idea.

Dear Editor: Re: Affordable Housing Warrants Attention , May 6 Mailbox I completely agree with (letter-writer) Yvette’s comments and views on the development in Lynn Valley.

Dear Editor: I am a longtime North Van resident and homeowner, who most always enjoys the informative contents in your newspaper. This time around I write to say that Mr. Trevor Lautens is frequently informative and enjoyable reading.

We all know the Internet is a place that breeds bad behaviour. So perhaps it’s no surprise that a vile “comedy” routine of shouting a sexist, degrading phrase at female reporters while they are live on air has been spread there.

Dear Editor: A big thank you to the people who completed the very difficult work of fortifying the Grouse Grind. While us hikers were whining about the opening of the trail, these fine folks were doing some back-breaking work to improve the trail.

They occupy opposite points of the political spectrum, but I bet Premier Christy Clark and newly elected Premier-designate Rachel Notley will get along just fine in the years ahead.