Opinion

The aggravating, HST is a tax hike, not the combination of PST and GST. Everything that had one tax now has both, just a blanket overall hike. Impossible to separate, why not charge five per cent on items that had one tax.

The government created HST in B.C. (hstinbc.com) with the claim that the website provides an impartial analysis of the HST.

It is both pathetic and infuriating that hundreds of homes and much of the infrastructure of Slave Lake, Alberta has been burnt down by a forest fire.

Zellers is giving it up its Pine Centre Mall lease to Target. So where does that put its employees? There's good news and bad news for the untold number of Zellers workers (a store representative would not disclose the exact figure).

Enbridge Safety Record Not That Great In the May 19 Citizen article of the latest Enbridge activities, some statistics were thrown out by the company executives. They seemed very pleased of their 2010 safety record.

VICTORIA - Governments aren't supposed to make tax policy like this. The Liberals' latest attempt to save the HST is a dramatic flip-flop on tax principles they said were essential for the province's future.

Re: "Enbridge Lashes Out" (P.G. Citizen, May 19), the arrogance, condescension and hypocrisy of Enbridge spokespersons in the media appears unparalleled among the extractive industries.

While the sale of BC Rail in 2004 did not come without its share of controversy, one of the better ideas of the Liberal government was to set aside $185 million and create the Northern Development Initiatives Trust (NDIT).

Westwood elementary students can officially say that they can be friends. All classes have now completed the Vancouver Canucks' pilot program "We Can Be Friends," which focuses on friendship and acceptance.

I have never torn down and then rebuilt a house with my own hands, but I imagine that I understand the general principles involved.