Vote for the Canada you want on Oct. 19
We collectively face a global problem: global warming that must be dealt with in a timely manner as many scientists have agreed we must wean our economies off of fossil fuels and transform energy sources into green sustainable low carbon solutions. It will not be damaging to our economy if we make the switch. In fact, wind and solar are expected to become trillion dollar industries and we will take a huge economic hit if we don't join in on this opportunity for growth and future jobs. But it will have far reaching and irreversible consequences if we do little or stall this needed change.
We owe it to the future generations to prevent this world wide catastrophe, a threat far more threatening than any religion or terrorist group. It’s time we step up and vote, to make sure our government will heed the call of so many worldwide do what is necessary politically. Every vote matters every voter is crucial to make this change.
On Oct. 19, let’s get out in record numbers to vote for a Canada we believe in.
–Jaeme Grosvenor
We are at a crossroads in Canadian history. Now, more than ever, do we stand a real chance at taking back our democracy. To repeal Bill C-51, to stand up to super-treaties like the Trans Pacific Partnership that are about to destroy what we take so much for granted, to honour and restore the CBC, to help the families of so many missing and murdered First Nations women, to stand up for the environment and recognize our collective rights to clean air, water and land. Sadly, there are dozens of other examples, too.
We now have a real chance to vote for change. I am voting for a future where equality, education, health and the environment matter, not just for the privileged elite, but for all Canadians, including those who aren’t yet Canadian but would love to someday call our beautiful land home. It’s our moral duty to stand up for what matters, to become true stewards of our land, and to show the world that the hope in our hearts is shining again.
Stand up and vote. It’s really that simple. The alternative is truly a life that is poor, brutish, nasty and short.
–James Kawano
Slow is better
Re: “Keep art out of the street”, Rant/Rave, Sept. 17, 2015
Ranter Victoria Joss has her priorities skewed if she thinks Vancouver might aspire to be a world-class city if only it were “to operate more effectively”. Koblenz, Germany, this past Sunday was walk-about heaven for us when its entire aldstadt was closed to vehicles: thousands of folks wandered about in aimless joyful spaziergangs.
Slow. Is. Better.
Fact is Vancouver’s patchwork approach to culture and art and motorized vehicle transport prominence will likely condemn it to be young and brash and bratty well into the next millennium.
–Wm. Baird Blackstone
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