Opinion

Arguably, the Conservatives’ troubles existed long before the election was called. A proper election post-mortem will confirm a list of challenges that extend well beyond the Kenney Effect, the PPC, or the public health divide.

After reading the article on the impact of the new Amazon warehouse to GHG emissions and traffic congestion (PNR Sept. 16), I have a few questions that I’m pretty sure Amazon could answer (this obviously being one of many distribution centres).

Sooke needs a private health-care clinic. It already has a private clinic that is private to those who are registered with a family doctor. It needs another private clinic where the rest of us can get health care by paying a little extra out of pocket.

Mr. Prime Minister, thanks for nothing.

By Bruce Cameron, Black Press Political Columnist

Polticians need to implement environmental policies or people will go elsewhere

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a flawed document at its core. Nobody can have rights without responsibility; it is only that which will ensure that rights can be enshrined. Every society must govern for the common good, must have order and standard obeyance to the rule of law. In the Charter, there is no mention of any such responsibilities required.

The two-year-long pandemic and climate crisis show clearly the roots of the problems we face - intense human activity, dense population, and brutal treatment of nature.

I read the Beacon Wharf Special Edition with great interest and thank the committee for their tireless work on this. Nevertheless, I feel the town is asking us to make an impossible choice, not because they are bad ideas, but because they are incomplete. The first option was born from a non-competitive solicitation. The second (“a reimagined waterfront”) is an idea left totally undeveloped and impossible to assess.

Kudos to Woody Turnquist and Rod Stiebel for their letters in the Sept. 8 edition of the Goldstream Gazette. Their words resonated with me “to a tee.”