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Booby prize
Many are the voices of what to do with Canada's final resting place for politically deserving friends-of-the-government. On sober second thought, let's leave well enough alone.
Obama gets four more years to try and revive economy
With a tailwind from Hurricane Sandy (and an additional gust from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie), the American people have given President Barack Obama four more years of kicking the can of U.S. economic recovery down the road to 2016.
Ban owners that use pit bulls as a macho status symbol
Editor: Re: Sink some teeth into the issue and ban backyard breeders, Community Comment, Oct. 24
'Sane voices' understand legalizing marijuana won't make crime disappear
Editor: -- Re: Mayor opposed to legalizing pot, Oct. 12
Robinson is on the receiving end of typically lenient Canadian sentence
Editor: -- Re: Robinson avoids jail
It's time for Canada Day to get a new name
As we are celebrating Canada's 145th birthday, replete with a veritable love-in of flag-waving self-congratulatory fervour, one cannot escape the uncomfortable notion that it is a slippery slope from patriotism to jingoism.
Judicial activism continues to flourish in Canada
Re: Don't turn to court for all the answers, letter to the editor, April 27
Feeble two-year sentence for Graham James is a travesty
Oh, the permissive blessings of a compassionate Canadian justice system where punishment habitually turns a blind eye to the seriousness of the crime and the law is more concerned about the rights of criminals than the fate of their very real victims.
'Life penalty' is the answer
Re: Don't revive capital punishment debate, Our View, The Record, March 21, and Capital punishment makes sense, Letters to the editor, The Record, March 23.
Legalization not a magic solution
Re: Is it finally time to legalize pot?, Editor's Letter, by Pat Tracy, Burnaby NOW, Feb. 17.
Global warming no joke
When I read E.W. Bopp's Dec. 23 letter (Let Kyoto stay buried), the first thing that happened is that I fell off my chair in shock. It's 2012, and global warming deniers are still spouting their nonsense? Then I read the letter again, and I realized that all E.W. was saying is that he or she supports the Conservative ideology; the rest of his or her letter is gibberish.
Politicians are behind the 'correctness' nonsense
Re: New Canadians not to blame, letter to the editor, Dec. 23
Global warming fears have West providing Robin Hood programs to Third World
Re: Government in denial over global warming, letter to the editor, Dec. 16
New Canadians not to blame
Re: Progressives making strides in their assault on Christmas, Community Comment, Dec. 21
