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Re: 鈥淗omeowners must apply for spec-tax exemptions,鈥� Jan. 16. I can鈥檛 express strongly enough my opposition to and disgust with this latest addition to the speculation-tax fiasco.

Re: 鈥淎 beautiful forest,鈥� Jan. 13. What a fabulous photo of the old-growth Sitka spruce on the front page of the Islander.

Re: 鈥淗omeowners must apply for spec-tax exemptions,鈥� Jan. 16.

Re: 鈥淗omeowners must apply for spec-tax exemptions,鈥� Jan. 16. This draconian legislation is violating the right of every homeowner to security of ownership and must be revoked immediately. Bob Cross Victoria

Re: 鈥淒iabetic passenger told not to eat on bus despite fears of seizure,鈥� Jan.聽17. I was appalled and distressed to read of the insensitive and potentially dangerous actions of the sa国际传媒

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The high cost of housing and homelessness are two of the most serious problems we face in British Columbia.

Re: 鈥淐ity urged to keep casino on the table,鈥� Jan. 17. The above story appeared on page A3.

In an outrageous subversion of Canadian legal and historical traditions, the provincial government assumes that homeowners are guilty of speculation, until they prove themselves to be innocent.

I think the premier and our finance minister are both going off the rails.