Letters: Homeowners need relief from taxes; renewable energy investment smart

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Unhappy homeowners need reason to smile

I am one of those homeowners waiting for my tax bill.

Since purchasing our home the assessment has shot up more than $100,000 in just three  years.

With the New Brunswick surplus being so great I am waiting for Premier Blaine Higgs to start spending for two reasons. First is because of this election year. I would think he might want to please the voters. Secondly, if he doesn’t please the voters, he will be leaving that surplus to the opposition to spend.

I think it’s time he thinks about how I and hundreds of others will vote if NBers don’t get a break.

Homeowners are not happy. It is time to give us something to smile about.

Joan Crozier

Rothesay

Time to invest in renewable energy

Amidst a record cost-of-living crisis, many conservative politicians are pitting affordability against climate action. There is a mountain of evidence demonstrating that renewable energy is the cheapest source of electricity on the market, and will only get cheaper while fossil fuel prices will only become more volatile.

Fossil fuel CEOs are turning record profits while charging consumers exorbitant prices and spreading blatant misinformation about renewable energy.

This misinformation is hurting workers who are missing out on good jobs in the renewable energy industry; working class Canadians who are missing out on cheap, green electricity; and everyone who has an interest in inhabiting a livable planet.

We can’t accept a life of climate disaster after climate disaster while we’re all just trying to make ends meet. Cheap, clean, renewable energy is the key to a better future.

Hazel Alexander

Saint John

Charter buses could help students

I wonder if UNB has ever given any consideration to having coach buses run between UNB Saint John and UNB Fredericton?

It’s only 110 km between the two cities -about an hour and 15 minute drive. There are a lot of courses at UNB Fredericton  than are not available in Saint John that UNB SJ students might like to take, not to mention the graduate courses. And there are biology and medical courses in Saint John that are not offered in Fredericton. 

 Also they could have a bus from St Stephen to Saint John, take students from the Bay of Fundy coast to UNB SJ and from Hampton and Quispamsis to UNB SJ.

Making education more accessible for students should be  a priority.

Paul Cusack

Saint John