Opinion

The following letter was sent to Sunshine Coast Community Forest chair Glen Bonderud and copied to Coast Reporter. I attended a joint watershed committee meeting on March 1 at the Sunshine Coast Regional District.

April Fools - your BC Ferry fares are going up again. But it is no joke and no one is laughing as the corporation announced March 6 that it would be going ahead with its planned 4.1 per cent fare hike for all routes on April 1.

Editor: It is alarming to see our Sechelt mayor and council apparently making behind closed doors arbitrary decisions involving our new sewage treatment plant without prior meaningful public consultation.

Editor: About three weeks ago several news organizations reported on the Northern Gateway joint review panel (JRP) that bitumen "floats" and will not sink. At first I thought that cannot be right given the Kalamazoo River spill experience.

Editor: This is for the unknown Roberts Creek firefighter who, on the morning of Feb. 9, climbed into the back seat of my demolished car and talked me through the most devastating event of my life.

Editor: Are you seeing an increase in hydro bills since the smart meter install? I have been hearing from a lot of people complaining about the major increase in their power bills since a "smart meter" had been installed.

Editor: Sechelt needs a new sewage treatment plant. Since our current government is astonishingly secretive, it is difficult to follow the process going on. Sechelt solicited proposals from experienced companies interested in building the new plant.

Editor: Our mutual task in today's world is to find ways to renew the wonder of play among our children without succumbing to the hazards of technology, direct supervision and highly-scheduled lives. It is as the late educational reformer, A. S.

Editor: Can anyone in the B.C. Liberal party tell me with a straight face that the heavy rotation of B.C.

Editor: Re: "Many factors in auto accidents" (Coast Reporter, letters, Feb. 15) Being a 35-year veteran of the RCMP with 25 years in Traffic Services, I find it hard to believe that anyone can say speed does not kill.