Re: Eby targets wrong billionaire, undermines Buy B.C. message

(Sent to the Times Colonist – October 7 2026) Dear Editor, I must respond to Les Leyne’s column where he suggests Eby is betraying British Columbians by accusing one of the richest men in Canada, grocery and media tycoon Jimmy Pattison, of price gouging.   I would like to add historic union busting and alleged …

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 …