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Editor: We enjoyed reading John Gleeson’s editorial of last week, “Lack of urgency characterizes four-year term.” We found it to be a refreshing change, an unbiased assessment of both the previous and present Sechelt councils.

Editor: Re: “Lack of urgency characterizes four-year term,” Dec. 16. Congratulations on an editorial with teeth. A newspaper that understands that pablum is a baby food and readers are adult and capable of thought is a good newspaper.

Editor: I am shocked and dismayed by the announcement of the B.C. government offering an interest-free loan to first-time homebuyers, reportedly budgeted at $700 million.

Editor: There is one large problem with the Deloitte report on the Water Resource Centre (WRC) that was reported on by Christine Wood in last week’s paper (“Review finds deficiencies in treatment plant”).

Editor: The provincial government’s plan for long-term care (LTC) is long-term bed shortages. The current shortage of LTC beds is not new and isn’t going away. It’s the result of decades of rationed health care by your government.

Editor: I am an occasional volunteer at St Bart’s Food Bank and can tell you from my first-hand experience that the people who come, just once each month, to get a box of non-perishable food items including cereal, peanut butter, soup, pasta and past

Editor: Your last two issues featured articles lamenting the lack of accountability and standards for counsellors and therapists in British Columbia. This is not quite accurate.

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