Opinion

Richmond - The Editor, The Harper Conservatives have demonstrated once again that they have no respect for Canadian values of democratic traditions, honesty and parliamentary rules.

The Editor, An open letter to Richmond City Council re: "Onni seeks rezoning - again," News, April 9.

Have we finally wrestled that voracious gobbler of tax dollars - the public health-care system - to a standoff, if not to the ground? By that I mean the days of the system automatically devouring increasingly large amounts of money every year to feed

Most of us seniors are no longer working highpower jobs, raising kids or going bungee jumping, but that doesn't mean we don't experience stress. I'd say one of my biggest stressor has been the tendency to say "yes" when I really mean "no.

The Editor, Re: "Ambulance response times up by 10 minutes," News, April 4. I'd like to clarify a number of inaccurate statements.

It's not just a daffodil. And at this time of year particularly, it's certainly not just another flower. The daffodil has become symbolic of the Canadian Cancer Society's (CCS) struggle to defeat cancer.

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.