Elon Musk is likely the richest person who has ever lived. He is said to be on his way to becoming the very first trillionaire. Elon’s mom, Maye Musk, is a Canadian model and dietitian with two master’s degrees. She was born in Saskatchewan and lives in Toronto.

The woman who birthed and raised the world’s richest dude is obviously no slouch. The Liberal Party would be wise to recruit this Canadian treasure.

I would certainly vote for Maye Musk should she run for prime minister.

Cheera Crow

Sidney

The triathlon and high-performance swim community is mounting a spirited public campaign to woo voters to vote “yes” in the February referendum. They extol the health and community benefits of the project, but fail to own up to their own specific interests.

What they want is for Victoria taxpayers to ante up almost $200 million for a new aquatic centre. They covet their own 50-metre competition pool with all the trimmings.

But such a competition aquatic complex — and make no mistake, this is primarily a competition pool with its 50-metre length, cold water, no shallow end and associated “warm-up pool” — will not serve well the other 90% of the population.

Getting around this problem really means building a second pool with warmer water, lazy rivers, hot tubs and all the bells and whistles to be found in recreationally oriented pools — and used by seniors, families, swim lessons, etc.

Which is why the total project cost will be $200 million and counting.

So the first question is: Does every Victoria household want to pay an extra $240 (businesses $620) every year for the next 20 years to support the triathlon and high-performance swim community? Or at least the 50% of that cost for the 50-metre pool.

Yes, Crystal Pool needs replacing. And yes, it will be an expensive capital investment. But $200 million for an aquatic centre when, as other letter writers have commented, it can be done for half the cost in other........

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