Building a Safe and Attractive City Together

(This letter was sent to the Alberni Valley News on May 14 2025) Dear Editor, As I write this, the City is reportedly installing barriers to prevent left hand turns from 10th onto Dunbar. Tragedy three times over should not have been required for this. The recommendations from staff to close Dunbar came after the …

BC Ferries to Rail

(This letter was sent to the Times Colonist on March 31, 2025 – Published in Letters April 2, 2025) Dear Editor, The BC Ferries Commissioner approved four of the five new vessels requested by BC Ferries, essentially keeping capacity status quo. And yet I read: “There has been no major change to the capacity or …

Canada Should Wage Economic War For Ukraine and the Planet

Trump Tariffs will destroy our economy… (A modified portion of this post was sent as a Letter to the Editor to the National Post on March 5, 2025) It is March 3rd. I write this at the hour of the Trump tariffs taking effect in Canada. Tariffs of anywhere from 10% to 25% on all …