Opinion

Editor: Reference is made to the letter by Robert Dall (Coast Reporter, Sept. 20) regarding on-time performance. Statistics per route are reported to the BC Ferries Commission quarterly. See www.bcferrycommission.

Editor: A group that you probably have never heard of - Multi-material British Columbia (MMBC) - made headlines at the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities conference this week.

Editor: I can understand the outrage expressed by Ryan Klingmann (Coast Reporter letters, Sept. 20) regarding the inference that Sept. 11 attacks in New York were self-inflicted (Coast Reporter opinion column, Sept. 13).

Editor: In the news release dated Sept. 9 (Coast Reporter, Sept. 22), the B.C. government has released a White Paper detailing changes to local government elections due in November 2014. B.C. residents have until Oct.

Do you think we should live alongside those with severe mental illness or keep them segregated in institutions away from society? The latter view was held by most Canadians in the early 1900s when mental asylums were first opened across Canada.

Editor: I was absolutely gobsmacked that on the anniversary of Sept. 11, Coast Reporter would choose to run an article such as John Gleeson's on its editorial page.

Whew! That's the collective sound of parents across the province now that a tentative deal has been reached between the provincial government and education support staff.

Editor: On Sept. 13, we received a letter from BC Hydro advising us of our options if we continue to refuse the installation of a smart meter. I find the tactics being used in trying to convince us to take a smart meter bullying and coercive.

An open letter to Michael Corrigan of BC Ferries. I live on the Sunshine Coast and regularly take the Langdale - Horseshoe Bay route. On your website a page is titled "Is the ferry on time?" where you state that in 2012, 91.

Editor: Thank you for the opportunity to clarify the dementia story (Coast Reporter, Sept. 6) and subsequent letter to the editor (Sept. 13).