Opinion

'The last thing I remember is telling a dear friend of mine, in Vancouver, that I had that darn pneumonia again and I was going to go to bed with a book and then to sleep. I woke up in a hospital bed not knowing where I was or who I was.'

'The vigorous nature of knotweed, its disposal, although somewhat pesky and requiring some planning, is not worth poisoning our waterways, our soils, our community. It makes me wonder where else is being contaminated on the Coast to get rid of weeds?'

Editor: I wish to make a plea for trees in our parks and streets. In the hotter days of summer, it is almost unbearable on cement parking lots and vast playing fields without trees to bring their cooling shade.

'As it is blatantly unethical to continue unbridled development while infrastructure remains so deficient, let’s attach a B.Y.O.W(ater) requirement to all building permits issued until 2035 when – according to the Site B reservoir proposal – we will have adequate water.'

Provincial governments seem unwilling or unable to move beyond platitudes to commit to a plan to reform primary health and fix our health system.

Provincial and community leaders better start sharpening their pencils to calculate adverse economics of such a move, and separate fact from fiction.