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Cartoon missed the point The Adrian Raeside cartoon is unacceptable for Fassbender HYDRO HIKES WILL in the Dec. 13 NewsLeader, to propose students suffer HURT OUR STUDENTS depicting LNG, fracking and the consequences to pay for Before and during the pipeline interests shmoozing his government’s neglect of election, Christy Clark and with Christy Clark and the our public utility. Decisions the B.C. Liberals promised to BC Liberals in the inside on school closures should be keep hydro rates low. Sadly, warmth while a frail person made on the basis of whether like many of their pre-election representing social programs those schools are needed, not promises, they have completely shivers outside the window in because energy costs are being disregarded that commitment. the cold was a misleading piece downloaded. This year, schools While the government of propaganda. have already been forced to find blames the 28 per cent rate However one might room in their tight budgets for hike on infrastructure costs, characterize the Liberal party wage increases. it is clear families are paying in B.C and the developers of So while the Burnaby school the price for over a decade of Canada’s natural resources, it is district scrambles to come incompetent management. ingenuous to imply the benefits up with an extra $144,000 to Whether it’s forcing BC Hydro of their efforts will not help the pay its bills, the government to buy expensive power from poor in all areas of Canada. It will continue siphoning BC private producers only to is the opponents of resource Hydro’s profits—profits sell it at a huge loss, hiding development who are the real that are supposed to benefit billions of dollars of debt in greedies, blind to the benefits ratepayers—in a desperate deferral accounts, or wasting of development for jobs, health attempt to balance its budget. taxpayer dollars on expensive care, and pensions through the Our once-revered public smart meters, the government’s taxes and royalties generated. utility is a mess, and the decisions have resulted in a The greediest want their government is telling our significant additional financial priorities fulfilled rather than students to pay for it. Kathy Corrigan burden for our schools. supporting the real source of MLA Burnaby-Deer Lake Education Minister Peter assistance for the social needs Fassbender has told school of the poor. We want your view! districts they should cope The ill-informed propaganda email: letters@ with this significant rate they spread is the real problem burnabynewsleader.com increase by closing schools. It in the balancing of the needs for social services with the few sources of a nation’s wealth. The general understanding of the greedies is that governments create the money for all its expenditures and social services. Dead wrong. Those funds are ultimately derived from the fields, forests, rivers, oceans, minerals and the chain of economic services required to harvest, transport, Start your good life today. process and finance those activities. The wealth we currently enjoy is based upon * previous generations building natural resource (on a 2 year membership) developments such as railways, roads, dams, E BEFOR ember harbours, hospitals, Barb | M schools pension funds etc. Northgate Village Co-Ed Population growth and for Women Club far exceeds the rate 3433 North Rd. of growth of natural development, and the taxes and royalties they supply. The real greedies ignore this problem, ® YOUR NO JUDGEMENT CLUB thus creating the lower standards of life our new EveryBODY Welcome Here generations are facing. goodlifefitness.com Ed Linstead New Westminster *Based on the purchase of a 2 year membership. Bi-weekly payments will commence based on your start date. Applicable
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