Whitehorse Daily Star: Letters Archive

Letters Archive

Please eliminate this added hardship, Mr. Kenney Ed. note: this is an open letter to Jason Kenney, the federal minister of Employment and Social Development.
Health minister should abandon the blame game Subject: Pointing fingers won't improve our health care system.
We're pursuing a balanced, science-based understanding As committee chair, I am pleased to provide the public with an update on the work of the Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing.

The city is peddling a lot of nerve Here comes trouble now.
Directorate's inaction is imperiling our children This is an open letter to Elaine Taylor, the minister responsible for the Women's Directorate, and Julie Menard, the directorate's social marketing analyst.
Law weakens standards for sub-waterway pipelines Recently, Dennis Bevington, the MP for Western Arctic, introduced Bill C-543 in the House of Commons (Star, Oct. 25).
Buying LNG generators means fracking in the Yukon It doesn't matter how you say it or how you twist it: if Yukon Energy purchases liquid natural gas(LNG) generators in the future, the Yukon Party government will allow fracking to take place in the Yukon.
Look what happened in December 2008 Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon Senator Dan Lang.
Let's be leaders in this renewable energy economy Ed. note: this is an open letter to Premier Darrell Pasloski.

Victory over this dreaded disease is in sight! Canada must fight the world's great pandemics for humanitarian reasons, of course, but also because bugs cross borders and therefore reach us too.
Fracking in the Yukon? Forget about it! This is in response to the article "Fracking has its attributes, audience told” (Star, Oct. 29).
The ‘explanation' about fracking was found lacking First, I would like to thank the Yukon Chamber of Commerce for organizing the luncheon at the High Country Inn, and Kevin Heffernan, the president of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (Star, Oct. 29).

Respect, research and science are needed In response to the article "Fracking expert to visit Yukon” (Star, Oct. 25), I disagree with commentators, speakers and experts who say fracking is safe.
All three parties have dropped the ball on us Legislative changes to the Yukon Quartz Mining Act are pending.

Leaders must take a stand for the territory I challenge Liz Hanson and Sandy Silver to speak up for all Yukoners.
Let's stop the hot heads from dictating to us Why not let the oil and gas industry expand into the Yukon, and that includes fracking?

Really, a good beginning makes a good ending Hopefully, Canadians were listening last month when CBC ran the story about the rapidly escalating mental health problem in Vancouver.
Useless bill is ‘a crass, dishonest stunt' I read with interest Dennis Bevington's Bill C-543, An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Peel River; Star, Oct. 23).
We are the most scrutinized company in the Yukon Recent open letters to the Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC) have suggested that there are "insufficient controls” on spending within the corporation.
Here's an alternative to stacked task forces The City of Whitehorse is planning to review the Protected Area Bylaw.
Destroying wildlife for fashion is not ‘humane' Trapping sentient beings is cruel, inhumane and yes, unethical.

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