Opinion

The Editor, April is a very important month for the South Asian community in general and Sikhs in particular. For them, it is a festive and holy celebration. In the Punjab province of India, it is the beginning of the harvesting season.

My overall mental health got a boost last week while I was on vacation. I moved, which meant that for six days, I had neither cable television nor Internet, or email access of any kind.

When the NDP formed government during the 1990s, it found itself constantly on the defensive when dealing with two major power blocs in this province: the environmental movement, and doctors.

The Editor: Re: "Coal dust not a concern," Letters, April 5.

The Editor, More of the Gordon Campbell government's corporate welfare was revealed with Richmond's Lafarge Cement, one of the world's largest cement companies (and a very profitable one at that), qualifying for money from the infamous B.

It's doubtful anyone was surprised when names of more than 400 Canadians apparently turned up in leaked papers with offshore financial data.

The Editor, Re: "Destination museum dream re-floated," News, March 27. Apparently our city council are suffering from a severe attack of "destination frenzy.

CLASSROOM Q&A

The Editor, I would like to commend Richmond residents Kerry Starchuk and Ann Merdinyan for bringing up the issue of Chinese-only signage in some of the shopping malls and stores catering primarily to the customers who speak the language.

Richmond offers an enviable quality of life for our residents. We've been ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. Even as we've grown to a city of 200,000, we've been able to preserve and protect much of the natural beauty around us.