Letters

Re: Langford councillor traveled to Arizona last month : Coun. Matt Sahlstrom told the mayor his house needed maintenance (goldstreamgazette.com)

Victoria Airport Authority’s primary mandate is to run the airport, not a commercial land bank to chop up and rent to any company wanting to build, particularly cheek-by-jowl with longtime residential across the street.

A busway for the metro-Victoria section of the former E&N railway is almost unquestionably the best option.

The last few weeks have witnessed an increased onslaught of Israeli ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians, in particular the forced colonization of Sheikh Jarrah (as part of a continuing agenda of illegal occupation of Palestinian territory).

Re: Study identifies congestion near KELSET school as a major concern (News Review, May 13)

There is a visible enemy attacking trees and native plants. It is an invasive scourge called ivy. It is slowly taking over our parks and yards. It spreads rapidly and is smothering plants on the ground and strangling trees. It effects the economy and human health.

It was International Nurses week recently and I had occasion to be a guest for a day surgery in the Saanich Peninsula Hospital during that time.

Re: Future of Turkey Head shouldn’t be decided behind closed doors (Oak Bay News Letters, May 13)

People in need of supportive housing are our brothers and sisters, they are our sons and daughters, and in some cases they are our mothers and fathers. They are for the most part folks from our community who have experienced some difficulties and are in need of a helping hand. We need to welcome some of them to the Peninsula and be grateful that we have the means and opportunity to help people in need transition to a better future.

I am writing as a former minister of mental health and addiction in Manitoba and as a current resident of Central Saanich in support of the supportive housing and affordable housing initiative on Prosser Road.