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A few days of games

A few days of games

The Olympics in Montreal cost all Canadian citizens 50-plus years of pension fund reduction. The Olympics in Vancouver has cost many their low-rent homes and will cost all citizens of B.C. untold years of excessive taxes. Now the P.G.
My dog and I can’t live with the HST

My dog and I can’t live with the HST

I am a senior citizen. So is my dog, in human years. If I do not kill the HST, the HST will kill me. I do not care about the funeral tax. Just cart me off to Victoria and dump me on the lawn in front of the parliament buildings.
Getting off scot free

Getting off scot free

Is there no end to what the RCMP will forgive its officers? When's the last time someone admitted that the reason company equipment was stolen was because it was left vulnerable while he was committing a crime, only to keep his job? And who would be
Politics trump patient care

Politics trump patient care

Certain services do not run at a profit. We don't see schools turned into little widget factories with children bellying up to a conveyor belt. We don't have tollbooths every 10 miles for the few who can afford to use roadways.
The HST: Not worth the gamble

The HST: Not worth the gamble

First off let me state as a rule: I don't read Bruce's opinions as I find him to be a right-wing, partisan, liberal hack; however, his last op-ed piece caught my attention, but only for the first few paragraphs and ended after reason number 10.
What other information is missing on the HST?

What other information is missing on the HST?

I've noted some advertisements in our local paper lately. Sponsored by the Government of British Columbia, they suggest that the choice offered in the HST referendum is between a 12 per cent PST/GST and a 10 per cent HST.
Tax dollars at waste

Tax dollars at waste

With regards to the HST referendum: Let's all remember how the current Liberal government lied about not wanting to sell BC Rail and that it would not adopt the HST in their last election platform, and a short time later did both, and did it in such
Who's watching your children?

Who's watching your children?

When we send our children off to school each morning we feel assured they are not only getting a quality education, but they will be treated appropriately by those in charge.
Axing the tax

Axing the tax

I was a little taken aback by Vaughn Palmer's pro-HST, fear mongering editorial in your July 4 edition.
Everyone's scandal

Everyone's scandal

James Murdoch (son of ubiquitous media mogul Rupert) announced the shut down of the News of the World Thursday in the wake of the revelation the newspaper hacked into the cell phone of a 13-year-old missing girl, who was later discovered murdered.