Opinion

British Columbians feeling pinched in these times of high inflation

'We cannot confuse weather (and recent torrential rains) with climate – climate change is inarguable and our now-routine droughts confirm that. It is madness to continue subdivision approval and development without serious changes to our water use regime. '

B.C.’s addictions treatment system is an infuriating mess that’s not working. Let's start there, and say it out loud, because it’s true. The politicians know it. Two successive governments have failed to fix it.

'The status quo has not served us well, I agree but I feel there is a chance Henderson will put our public health at risk if he takes this impatient approach.'

'We live in a coastal rainforest and it appears we have not been using our imaginations to capture the runoff. I truly hope that the council under Sechelt’s Mayor Henderson will get behind his initiative to finally bring fresh water solutions to the District of Sechelt.'

'No doubt there will be bureaucratic inertia at all levels (just as there has been for the last 30 years) but John has come up with some concrete proposals and a way forward.'

"Finding 'affordable housing' is difficult enough, especially here on the Sunshine Coast, not to mention a decent dwelling that will allow a small pet."

Growing number of British Columbians feel ready for a change in Ottawa

'Years of real estate speculation has driven both house prices and rents into the stratosphere. Housing, a basic human right, is becoming unaffordable for more and more people.'

'At the Jan. 17 council meeting, a group of 15 or so residents stood up at the commencement of the meeting in silent protest, wearing masks with X’s across the mouth and showing councillors the signs that were created to convey the point that the elimination of Inquiries is un-democratic. The idea that dialogues should replace inquiries isn’t well founded.'