Opinion

Editor: Paul Martiquet's column "Is organic better for you?" (Coast Reporter, Oct.

Editor: The Canada China Foreign Investment and Protection Agreement (FIPA) was negotiated in secrecy and signed by Stephen Harper and the Chinese leadership at the APEC Summit in Vladivostok, Russia. It was tabled in Parliament weeks later on Sept.

Editor: We were shocked to read, in two ads (Coast Reporter, Nov. 2) that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) intends to proceed with logging what we have come to know as the Wilson Creek forest, Block EW002.

Editor: I notice that the noise bylaw is on the council agenda with a staff recommendation for enactment in due course. It seems to me that there are two specific changes that may be of interest to the public at large.

Editor: I was delighted to read in Coast Reporter, Nov. 2, that 11 electric car-charging stations are now being built on our Sunshine Coast. I feel sure that the 81 electric car owners in B.C.

Editor: I read with interest that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest is resuming its "harvesting" of the forest in Wilson Creek. The word harvest is used here to suggest a reasoned and caring approach to the management of our forests.

Editor: The Stephen Harper government, contrary to his election promise for openness and transparency, has negotiated the most sweeping trade dealsince NAFTA,with China, and he is about tocommit Canada to it,without a single debate or vote.

Editor: On behalf of the Elves Club I am writing to ask Coast residents for their financial support to help with the Christmas hamper distribution.

Editor: The Narrows Inlet hydro project is proposing to drain three more alpine lakes to generate power in addition to the one they are already draining, Tyson Lake. They call these projects run-of-the-river, but this is a misnomer.

Editor: I have a few questions for MP John Weston regarding the Canada-China Foreign Investment and Protection Agreement (FIPA). I hope he reads local papers. The government of Canada has tabled FIPA without even a press release.