Change is nigh
I am voting because recent extreme weather events mean bold and immediate action on climate change is critical. The fires in BC are prime example of why this is so important.
I am voting in this election because I believe all Canadians have the right to live in a healthy environment with clean air, water and soil.
I believe that Canadians will come out in unprecedented numbers this year to vote. Will you?
Momentum is building in this federal election and the stakes are high. Together we can get out and vote in record numbers and choose the Canada we want.
–Steve Anderson
Don’t believe the hype
Re: “Vote for the Canada you want on Oct. 19”, Oct. 1, 2015.
Oh hyperbole...Kawano is thy name!
From his opening statement James Kawano spares no literary expense of expression, adding to the overall electioneering mix of exaggeration, hyperbole, and distortion. The kicker implied that a Conservative win provides us with a life that will be "poor, brutish, nasty and short" can be viewed as either laughable or sickening.
Ten years back Liberal ads warned of the "scary" Stephen Harper: the military will be toting guns on the street corners...nope. A woman will no longer be able to get an abortion...nada. Even tough(er) on crime legislation is Milquetoast compared with what would happen to a burglar caught by the owner of a house who happened to get the upper hand.
Mr. Kawano should be writing scripts for James Cameron.
–Keith Westover
Bike gripes
I commute to work and home by bike, and often find myself astounded by my fellow cyclists’ lack of road sense. This morning the woman who passed me on the inside lane – I am grateful that she isn't driving a car, and would it bust your budget to buy a bell?
There are rules of the road, even for bicycles. Now that our wet weather is here, would the staff at the art gallery stop blowing their leaves into the bike lanes, they are a serious danger when wet. Please don’t put them in our route home, as it is nearly impossible to brake on wet leaves (ask any motorist).
I am very pleased to have bike lanes and would be even more pleased if they weren't getting leaves blown into them by gallery staff.
–JC McElroy
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