Dear Editor,
Christy Clark had ample opportunity to demonstrate her determination to
1) eliminate big donations from politics, in exchange for her favourable decisions,
2) to raise child welfare rates and BC’s minimum wage,
3) to protect B.C.’s coast from spills of petroleum products and
4) to pay teachers a fair wage and allow teachers to have class sizes which are practical in terms of strong learning outcomes for all students.
But Christy Clark demonstrated that she did not ever intend to make these policies and she has created great harm instead. Please do not trust her with further governance. Her legacy is despicable. Thank you.
Gwynne Thompson
Richmond
Dear Editor,
Nowhere in Christy Clark’s throne speech was there a promise to eliminate the huge regional disparities in the services provided by the government.
In particular, the speech ignored the fact that our South Fraser region gets less than half the adult and post-secondary learning opportunities than the rest of the province. Some of the government’s $2.2 billion surplus must go to Kwantlen Polytechnic, so it can offer our region the same access people throughout the rest of B.C. have had for years for adult basic education, English language training, trades training, and undergraduate programs.
This needs to happen so our neighbours, and their children, no longer face the current inequitable barriers to improving their education and their ability to contribute to our economy. Please urge our new MLAs to make this a priority.
Geoff Dean
Surrey
