Opinion

The following letter was sent to MP John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter. “Bill C-23 undoubtedly contravenes the Charter of Rights,” said Pierre Lortie, chairman of the 1992 Royal Commission of electoral reform.

Editor: In response “Fair election act not fair at all” (Coast Reporter opinion, April 25), it’s true that we generally respond quickly to issues that occupy the public eye.

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Editorial

The following letter was sent to all municipal governments on the Sunshine Coast and copied to Coast Reporter. Dear elected officials: The more that is learned about Multi-Materials BC (MMBC), the more confused things become.

Editor: Political extremism is rarely successful and can never be effective in a democracy. Yet, we seem to be, once again, experiencing this type of radical idealism in Gibsons.

Editor: Even the possibility that a proposal to burn Vancouver garbage in Howe Sound might send toxic winds blowing over Metro’s pristine North Shore watershed should be ringing alarm bells from Point Grey to the Fraser Valley.

Editor: The role of pharmacists in our health is greatly underestimated and misunderstood. I am one of the lucky people on the Coast; I have a great doctor.

Editor: I write to correct an error that appeared in Coast Reporter on April 18 within the Sunshine Coast community forest’s 2013 report.

The following was sent to the speaker of the Legislature, Agricultural Minister Pat Pimm and Powell River Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons Your muzzling of our MLA Nicholas Simons, forcing him to withdraw his accurate comment after he called the go