COLUMNIST ASKS TOO MUCH

Editor, the Times:

A political reporter is certainly entitled to his view about wanting
to help those who are addicted to drugs. At the same time, there are
many ordinary folks that believe using tax-payer funds to house and
support an individual so he or she may continue to consume illegal
drugs is simply wrong. And I assume that is what the prime minister's
position is on this matter.

If Keith Baldrey (Times, Feb. 16) wants to help drug addicts continue
to use these illegal substances, then he's free to contribute funds to
help such folks. But, for a reporter to complain that our prime
minister should explain to him why taxpayer-funding will not be
forthcoming for such houses is presumptuous. Most of us prefer not to
help these poor addicts continue in their addictions.

Mark B. Toth

Abbotsford