Opinion

Hi, Rest of Canada. It's British Columbia here. Not to be a pest, but I think you've got something that belongs to us. Can we please have back our crazy? We're not imagining this. B.C.

After years of study, a group of B.C. doctors applied to Health Canada for permission to prescribe heroin to 21 addicts last fall. Permission was granted. It was right about then that mollifying the Conservative base trumped science.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Don't like Canada?" Letters, March 19.As a very concerned, long-time Richmond residents and so-called ethnic Chinese Canadians, I would like to express my support for G. Filtness' comment on immigration.

Richmond - The Editor, When I got my licence to sell life insurance in 1989, I wrote a B.C. test, based on B.C. standards.

Volunteering is the most fundamental act of citizenship and philanthropy in society.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Don't like Canada?" Letters, March 19.Mr. Filtness mentioned that "they" "We did not trade our sovereignty for laying some train tracks.

Apparently it's true confession time in the B.C. legislature these days. Hands up all those politicians who took a vacation with their family on the public dime that they'd like to come clean about.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Security costs justified: Reid," News, March 28. Regarding the story about Speaker Linda Reid's paying for her husband's travel expenses - I'd like to offer a broader context about Reid that often gets lost.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Security costs justified: Reid," News, March 28. I think MLA Linda Reid's justification for spending $79,000 on security upgrades in her office is meaningless.

There's bacon at large in British Columbia. As of last week, it's now legal (if you have a hunting licence, etc.) to hunt down feral pigs anywhere in the province.