(This letter was sent April 2, 2024 and published in the April 10 issue) Dear Editor, Imagine the public reaction today if a party campaigned on “axing the cigarette tax”. We know cigarette companies hid the facts, with the help of politicians, for decades before government finally acted in the best interests of the people dying …
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BC LNG Insult
(Sent to the Alberni Valley News September 7, 2023) Dear Editor, As I drove past Coombs Country Candy on my commute to work this morning I noticed a new billboard promoting BC LNG. I believe the slogan was: “BC LNG – It Helpsâ€. How insulting. Not only is this a complete fabrication — Natural Gas from BC …
Fire and flood proves Government fails on island transport
(This letter was sent to multiple Island newspapers on June 8, 2023. Published: June 12 Times Colonist.) Dear Editor,We have four alternatives to Highway 4. Three roads are controlled by Mosaic Forest Company and one railway escaped the fire and floods but not decades of Government neglect. It is time for Government’s stubborn, ideological resistance …
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