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Reform aimed at parties鈥 benefit

When you witness the leaders of two conveniently allied political parties conspiring to have our system of voting dramatically changed, one has darn good reason to wonder, not what鈥檚 in it for the people, but what鈥檚 in it for them. Plain and simple.

Wrong to label Riel as 鈥榬ebellious鈥

Re: 鈥淧rovince flies the flag for Louis Riel,鈥 Nov. 17. I was disappointed to see the poor choice of wording in the article on Louis Riel Day.

It鈥檚 time to get out of a bad relationship

Everyone knows someone who has been in a bad relationship too long. It鈥檚 clear to us something is amiss: power imbalance, control or betrayal. The person is stuck, however, afraid to break free.

History repeats itself with fighter-jet fiasco

Re: 鈥淟iberals鈥 fighter jet plan under watchdog鈥檚 probe,鈥 Nov. 20. The procurement fiasco of the Sea King helicopter replacement is being repeated with the CF-18 aircraft replacement.

Ballot is biased against FPTP system

A legitimate concern about the upcoming referendum is that the ballot has been skewed to favour proportional representation over first-past-the-post.

Nurses鈥 union ads based on reality

Re: 鈥淣urses鈥 union uses scare-mongering ads,鈥 letter, Nov. 15. The sa国际传媒 Nurses鈥 Union launched the It鈥檚 #thatbad campaign to raise public awareness around the kinds of challenges faced by many nurses in sa国际传媒

Remembrance must teach us lessons

Re: 鈥 Tragically flawed Afghanistan remembrance,鈥 opinion, Nov.

PR would improve MLAs鈥 performance

Re: 鈥淪tudent distressed over MLAs鈥 behaviour,鈥 letter, Nov.20 How sad that a high-school student is shocked by the immature behaviour of elected members in the sa国际传媒 legislature.

Lesson not learned from used subs

Re: 鈥淟iberals鈥 fighter jet plan under watchdog鈥檚 probe,鈥 Nov. 20. Here we go once more 鈥 our leaders in Ottawa are talking about buying 25 second-hand fighter jets from Australia.

Trees bring benefits in so many ways

Re: 鈥 Environment should be the top news,鈥 column, Nov. 18. Dr. Trevor Hancock outlines the need for environment information in our news reports. Here鈥檚 a modest start.