Our new Conservative Government has apparently delivered major cuts to Energy Saving programs offered by the Feds. Among the best known is the Energuide program, in which Canadians who have their homes renovated to save energy can qualify for a federal grant of several thousand dollars. About 300,000 people [including me] have used the program …
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Letter re: Sustainable Forest Practices in BC
Dear Editors of the Alberni Valley Times and the Vancouver Sun, Blustery speeches and heart-felt complaints are all well and good, but they don’t get us very far. At the Public forum held by the Save Our Valley Alliance on May 4 in Port Alberni, I felt there was little in the way of a …
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Do not lower Gas Taxes: Here’s why.
Because it is a continuation of the problem, so some tax will come off. So what? The price of crude will continue to rise, and quickly make up the difference. It’s not “relief” it’s a vote grab. By lowering Gas Taxes we are in effect saying. “We do not like to pay high prices for …