66 h. ago Letters to The Sun: U.S. has history of tariffs as takeover weapons

The U.S. has a dark history of weaponizing tariff policies to threaten Canadian sovereignty. The 1890 McKinley tariff had both protectionist and geopolitical aims — ie. annexing Canada coercively. This aim was widely known and strongly opposed in Canadian and British newspapers of the time. As then, so now: It was the defining theme of […]

Economics

4 d. ago Letters to The Sun: HBC building is ideal new home for Vancouver Art Gallery

Re: Vancouver Art Gallery aiming for small, simple, cost-conscious new building With the abandonment of the Herzog & de Meuron plan for a future Vancouver Art Gallery on the old bus depot site, a less-costly alternative needs to be explored. With the current liquidation of Hudson’s Bay, retention of its downtown heritage building would present […]

Culture

9 d. ago Letters to The Sun: Cellphones and computers shouldn't be a requirement for basic services

Re: Vancouver’s last few pay phones still serve community as a ‘lifeline’ I fully agree that pay phones are necessary for many people, but there are other, equally relevant, issues regarding “progress”. The necessity for someone to have a computer to book an appointment for many services (for example, LifeLabs) is one. Cellphones are also […]

Technology

1 week ago Letters to The Sun: Canada can help the world at a time when disease

Letters to The Vancouver Sun.

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2 w. ago Letters to The Sun: Show patriotism by supporting the Hudson's Bay Company

Re: Hudson’s Bay files for creditor protection to avoid bankruptcy: ‘This is a big loss for Canada’ Since arriving in Canada from Israel in 1980 with my Canadian-born mother, my brother and sister and I always enjoyed our shopping excursions to the Hudson’s Bay store, where my mom had once worked when she was 18 […]

Economics

3 w. ago Letters to The Sun: Dear America: 'It is not us. It is definitely you'

In that classic line in all affairs of the heart, the guilty partner tries to lessen the blow of his/her leaving by saying it’s all their fault that this relationship is over. Not in this case. The guilty party is guilty on many levels. Most people wanting to get out of relationships wish to do […]

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3 w. ago Letters to the Sun: The prime victims of paving over agricultural land for residential use are everyone

Two former officials with the Agricultural Land Commission rebut column calling for changes to the ALR

Society

last month Letters to the Sun: Perfusionists are vital to transplant operations

Re: B.C. man’s lung transplant cancelled last-minute due to specialist shortage at VGH It was incredibly sad to read about Don Chamberlain’s double lung transplant having to be cancelled because there wasn’t a perfusionist available to attend the surgery. Donor organs for transplants are hard to come as it is but for this to happen […]

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