Richmond - The Editor, Let's do some math.It costs Canadian taxpayers $50,000 a year to house an inmate in our provincial prison system; 65 per cent of those inmates have minimal literacy; neighbourhoods with low literacy rates tend to have higher crime rates. Each inmate was once a kindergarten student. We would all get a better bang for our buck if early intervention was the standard.Premier Christy Clark continues to wilfully bury her head in the sand, ignorant of the costs down the road of each student who slips through the cracks of our under-funded public education system.It is truly short-sighted. We need a good leader who cares about all taxpayers in this province. We do not need an actress.Janet HenriRichmond
