Pay your fines
So fare evader Rayanne Tupman is upset that TransLink is bringing old skeletons out of the closet, in her case almost a dozen times, and now the cost of the fines are taking food out of the mouths of her children. Awwww …
Old children/young adults will flout the law on occasion but if you don’t learn your lesson after the first or second time, then suffer the consequences.
Perhaps, rather than whining to the media, she’ll do the right thing and teach her children to be responsible for their actions rather than display the entitled attitude most have these days.
Ed Braun, Vancouver
Rest of us are taken for a ride
Fare evader Rayanne Tupman feels hard done by, but imagine being the honest mugs who pays for every single journey.
Given that thousands are not paying, who is the real loser here?
John Clench, Vancouver
Trudeau is entitled
Regarding Naomi Lakritz column Wednesday, federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is a product of his environment.
He’s spoiled, wasn’t required to work and did not finish anything. His behaviour is nothing more than an extension of his “sense of entitlement.”
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
Harry Shardlow, Chilliwack
What are we thinking?
We are always talking about our carbon footprint and how to reduce it here in our community through the carbon tax, recycling, no open fires, AirCare and emission controls, etc.
Yet we continue to send millions of tons of coal overseas to be burned in factories, dumping billions of carbon particles into the air that circles the earth and that we all breath.
Something is wrong with this picture.
Terry Gray, Langley
We’ve hit the iceberg, people
It was hard not to think of the Titanic while reading your editorial, Climate debate is nowhere near over.
It seems that we are finally ready to acknowledge that we have hit an iceberg but still need a debate about whether that is good or bad and what, if anything, should be done about it.
And even if the ship is sinking, how do the crew think they have the right to ruin the passengers’ “comfortable, affluent lives” by imposing unpopular “solutions” like life jackets and life boats when it’s so much more comfortable in the forward lounge, sipping martinis?
Further, the fact that so many people refuse to believe that the unsinkable ship is sinking and take action means that perhaps the ship is not sinking after all. Oh, and by the way, there are not enough life boats.
David Sheffield, West Vancouver
Go Green, says Green
Fomer NDP leader Mike Harcourt’s decision to leave the party resonates to the bone.
After a life time of supporting socialism and standing up for B.C. workers, balanced with the environment, NDP leader Adrian Dix decided to throw a blind, Hail Mary pipeline surprise, hoping one of us would catch it.
Truth is, none of us saw it coming. It went right over our heads. That was the last straw. We dearly needed a change in government but Dix blew it.
I have joined the B.C. Green Party. We have an interim leader who is dynamic and a party that is inclusive. We support those who labour and promote a balanced economy, based on environmental practices and sustainability. Come support us and help us build a new and prosperous British Columbia.
Art Green, Hope
They can’t be trusted
Re: Carlo Dade’s op-ed Tuesday on need for official travel.
I believe former Alberta premier Alison Redford went to Nelson Mandela’s funeral — not on a trade mission to promote Canada.
While it is fair to say that official travel to promote Canada can be on the expensive side (we wouldn’t expect our ministers or officials staying at a B & B, for example) Dade misses the root cause of our collective outrage at travel and expenses.
There are too many examples of bureaucrats abusing the system, not using it in an advantageous manner — wining and dining while on personal time at the most expensive places and charging it to government.
Doug Marsden, Vancouver
Bus drivers should be protected
Why does Coast Mountain Bus Co. even allow its drivers to be exposed to the public? They are there to drive the bus.
Drivers need to be able to do their job with the least amount of interference. When was the last time you could walk up to the captain on a ship’s bridge and start telling them about your day, or unloading about your boss to the pilot of your plane. Try never!
The bus driver is not there to police drunks and losers or listen to your problems. Coast Mountain should have its drivers sealed off from the public to keep them safe and not distracted by passengers.
Dave Small, Vancouver
The editorial pages editor is Gordon Clark, who can be reached at gclark@theprovince.com. Letters to the editor can be sent to provletters@theprovince.com.
