Opinion

The Editor, Re: "McNulty: Museum cost justified," News, Jan. 25. I am writing in response to the letter published in the Richmond News on Feb. 1, 2013 concerning the costs associated with the Richmond Oval.

A proposal by the Conservative government to lock up mentally ill offenders and throw away the key is unlikely to make our communities safer despite all the rhetoric about public safety.

The Editor, The latest developments with respect to the Canadian Senate indicate that this relic of the past should be put to rest.

It seems to be very fashionable these days for folks to be opposed to all kinds of things, from pipelines to coal exports to extracting natural gas.

The Editor, It was reported that there are currently 50 million empty condos and untold numbers of unfinished apartment buildings in China. The situation suggests China will have some significant social and economic problems to face.

The Editor, There is an ancient fable, where a camel asks to put his nose into a tent, and by morning, the entire camel is within the tent, and the original owner is out in the cold. Apply this fable to the actions of the airlines at YVR.

The Editor, Re: "Pipeline best option: VAFFC," Letters, Feb. 1. The letter in the News by Mr. Pollard promotes sending tankers of toxic and highly flammable jet fuel into the Fraser River.

This week, the federal Conservatives moved in a direction Canadians have yet to see them go - backwards. The government announced it would kill its much-reviled Bill C-30, better known as the Internet surveillance bill.

The Editor, There are 7,000 people throughout the province who have an inherited risk of fainting or dying suddenly from an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) - often this is only discovered through an event like fainting.

I don't think I understand the debate over a regional police force for Metro Vancouver. Well, I understand part of the debate.