Opinion

The Editor, Re: "Chinese-Canadians call for more English," News, March 20. Until our city council decides to address the debate over Chinese language-only signs, I have a possible solution.

The Editor, Re: "City dismisses demand for English on signs," News, March 20. David Lam immigrated from Hong Kong, made an immense contribution to our province and became our first Lieutenant Governor of Chinese descent.

The Editor, Re: "Environmentalists can't refuse everything," Opinion, Feb. 20. In his column, Mr. Baldrey concludes that "protest rallies and demonstrations are easy to pull off. Governing without money coming in is not.

There's been a lot of handwringing recently as many 30and 40-somethings try to squeeze themselves into an ever-more expensive housing market.

Irony is one of my favourite things - as is politics. But that's kind of redundant. Because in this country, irony and politics are practically the same thing. Take our beloved prime minister, for example.

The Editor, Re: "Destination museum dream refloated," News, March 27. This $59 million museum proposal came up about four years ago because there was a large grant dangled in front of whichever city dumb enough to build this museum.

The Editor, Re: "Tunnel suddenly a Liberal priority," Letters, March 13. I read with some amusement, the letter from the independent candidate for Richmond Centre.

The Editor, A week ago, MLA John Yap stepped down because of parliamentary tradition, according to him. As it turns out, that wasn't the only reason. The smoke he was blowing concealed a fire after all.

The Editor: It is pointless to waste money promoting the north end of No. 3 Road as Richmond's Chinatown or Golden Village if the merchants themselves don't welcome the non-Chinese-speaking visitor. Many people coming down No.

The report commissioned for the TransLink mayor's council Friday aired conclusions that were little surprise to anyone. The way TransLink is governed is dysfunctional and as the report writers dryly noted "unique, and not in a good way.