Opinion

Editor: Stephen Harper is campaigning that his government has been the stability that Canada needs in these difficult times.

As I write this, the sun is shining.

My wife and I walked into our favourite butcher shop on Mackenzie Avenue the other day to get our “farm eggs.”

Editor: Regarding the patio comments by some of your readers suggesting the barber shop in question is having a slowdown due to the economy simply shows these people are very poorly informed.

Recently the BC Utilities Commission — under the request of Premier Christy Clark — instructed B.C. Hydro to put a hold on the rate increase that was proposed for April 1.

Dick Harris, the Cariboo-Prince George riding Conservative candidate, didn’t begin campaigning until Sunday due, in part, to illness — a full seven days after Stephen Harper went to the Rideau Hall requesting that Governor General David Johnston dissolve parliament.

You know it’s been a long winter when your spouse comes home, announces he has just bought several years worth of firewood at once and all you can think is he should have bought more.

As suspected the federal election has been called.

Editor: General Electric made $14.2 billion dollars in profit last year and paid no (zero) taxes.

Editor: It was refreshing to read the article by Dean Fulton about the patio issue.