Afternoon meeting times are undemocratic

(Sent to the AV News on September 28 2026) Dear Editor, The 2PM city council meetings are not only supremely inconvenient for the general public who have a job, they also, according to at least one potential council candidate this election, limit who we have running to represent us on City Council.  The ACRD directors …

British Columbia needs Proportional Representation to settle turmoil in Legislature.

(This letter was sent to the Times Colonist on September 14, 2026) Dear Editor, This summer of discontent in BC politics has made one thing clear to me. We the citizens of British Columbia were robbed twenty one years ago when we voted overwhelmingly, 57.7%, in favour of switching to the citizen assembly-recommended BC-STV proportional …

The Silver Lining for Canada

(Sent to the Alberni Valley News – February 7, 2025 – Published Feb 18, 2025 ) Dear Editor, One thing gives me hope in a way I haven’t felt since I was a teenager.  Trump’s threats against our economy and our sovereignty as a nation have ignited the being of Canadians. I don’t see it …