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Humans are pillaging the planet
Re: “Salmon collapse hitting workers hard,” Sept. 11.
The fact that overfishing is never mentioned in this kind of story is bizarre and tiresome.
The “suicidal” behaviour and mindset of the fishing industry has been well documented for decades worldwide, for centuries in some areas.
A changing global ocean and climate, and widespread habitat degradation, are certainly not helping at this point.
The fact that humans are super predators pillaging the planet blindly is best illustrated by what we do to fish in general and the activities of the fishing industry in particular.
Jacques Sirois
Victoria
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Paying $3,000 for speculation tax
My wife and I have owned a condo in Sidney for many years. We are Canadians and our two-bedroom Sidney condo is our vacation home where we spend various periods of time, up to six months per year.
We have paid $3,000 for the speculation and vacancy tax for 2019.
We may sell our condo and rent a two-bedroom condo in the Sidney area for about $2,000 per month for six months or so.
I am told that our condo would sell for about $700,000.
How does this transaction help with the affordable housing situation?
David Clarke
Sidney
Interestingly, I'm able to see the correlation between these two letters.