Opinion

Dear students: I'm sorry. I'm sorry I told you that thinking matters. I'm sorry I made you analyze rather than memorize. I'm sorry I told you to go deeper, find the "why", not just the "what" and "where".

The path ahead for Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline project and other resource development proposal became even more convoluted last week after the Supreme Court of Canada reshaped B.C. with a momentous decision on aboriginal land title.

With two serious contenders for mayor having publicly announced their intentions last month, how Don Zurowski and Lyn Hall spend their summer will help shape how the fall campaign and the race to Nov. 15 will unfold.

They've got Throw Back Thursdays on Facebook where you can post your days-gone-by, was that really me? photos so all your friends can ooooh and ah at how lovely or handsome and skinny or buff you were.

I don't understand why this hasn't been a front page story. Here we have a proposal that will pollute one of our lakes, render a regional district park useless and threaten the health of school children at SD57's newest school.

A basic fundamental tenant of any freely elected democracy is the "rule of law." Simply put, the rule of the law states that citizens will adhere to existing laws.

I love walks of shame. I'll readily admit that there's a certain amount of schadenfreude involved. But how can you not take some sort of perverse glee in the unsteady gait of someone shuffling home at 8 a.m.

Well, it's official now: "Government of Canada Accepts Recommendation to Impose 209 Conditions on Northern Gateway Proposal" which of course means the government conditionally approves the project.

Political parties in Canada have never been democratic institutions, in the sense that their representatives are free to vote as they choose. Political parties are teams, and in order to win the game you have to play as a team.

Because of the mistaken ideas Steve Rennie based his article on ("What 'duty to consult aboriginals' actually means", The Citizen, June 20) I have to once again write to make some fundamental clarifications.