Opinion

As we near Christmas, it's been a queer old year in the political barnyard. Yet if wise men or women remain in critically short supply among our political leaders, some pocket-sized truths have still emerged.

He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good. For years, just how Santa figured out who was worthy of gifts or lumps of coal was mysterious.

After fumbling the ball during the HST debacle and remaining virtually silent during the Enbridge pipeline debate, the B.C.

Dear Editor: I would like to pay a special thanks to the attendants at the SeaBus and a bus driver I encountered on the Vancouver side. Due to the accident on the Lions Gate Bridge on Dec. 3, North Shore traffic was in a small crisis.

No sooner had Ebenezer Scrooge's amazing revelation and conversion occurred than he discovered the belief that no good deed goes unpunished.

Conservative minister James Moore revealed a distinctly Scrooge-worthy side recently when he answered a question about child poverty with the now infamous words "Is it my job to feed my neighbour's child? I don't think so.

Dear Editor: We all need each other now as never before to show support for something great in Ottawa! Michael Chong, a courageous MP, has introduced a bill that would allow all MPs greater freedom to speak out in the interests of their constituents,

Dear Editor: Thank you for your even-handed coverage of the Sensible B.C. Citizen's Initiative to amend the Police Act that drew to a close Dec. 9.

The refusal of the Conservative finance minister to embrace pension reform being pushed by the provinces is exceptionally shortsighted. It will result in long-term economic pain to support short-term political opportunism.

Dear Editor: In the late afternoon on Monday, Dec. 2, I was sitting in the whirlpool in William Griffin swimming pool.