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April 16: Council ignores advice on affordable housing

Re: 鈥淰ictoria mulls push for 30 per cent affordable units in new strata projects,鈥 April 12. Once again, social engineering is taking the place of logic with city council and the mayor.

April 16: Don鈥檛 twist meaning of聽separation

Re: 鈥淪eparation of church and state is utter poppycock,鈥 comment, April 12.

April 16: Religions don鈥檛 build sense of community

Re: 鈥淪eparation of church and state is utter poppycock,鈥 comment, April 12. The tract by Chris Coleman does not belong on the Comment page. There is a page of the newspaper devoted to religion.

April 16: Brexiteer鈥檚 wife didn鈥檛 own great house

Re: 鈥淏rexiteers are living an illusion,鈥 comment, April 14. It is a shame that a distant viewpoint on Brexit nonsense is marred by the penultimate paragraph being based on an utterly false statement.

April 14: Let鈥檚 remember to聽conserve, reduce

During the current debates about energy and emissions, I鈥檝e seen little advocacy for conservation and reduction. The following are a few suggestions that would greatly improve our climate.

April 14: Don鈥檛 waste time at edge of a precipice

In the popular sci-fi movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Klaatu the alien (played by Keanu Reeves) argues with Professor Barnhardt (played by John Cleese) about the future of the Earth. Klaatu: 鈥淭he problem is you.

April 14: Stop taxing electric聽bicycles

Since it is provincial government policy to encourage people to engage in healthy activities, thereby reducing health-care expenses for the province, why does it impose a provincial sales tax on electrically assisted bicycles (e-bikes)? A large segme

April 14: CRD does little on climate emergency

You would have thought that the declaration of a climate emergency back in February would have spurred the Capital Regional District to do something.

April 14: Trudeau was right to protect jobs

The concept that the prime minister and the cabinet should not be involved in a situation in which there are two legitimate legal avenues available and thousands of 91原创 jobs are at stake is uniquely 91原创.

April 14: Electric cars deserve descriptive names

Thankfully, the world has birthed the electric car. However, Electric and Car are its middle and last names. It must be given first names. Names that encapsulate its source of energy would be appropriate and correct many potential misconceptions.