Harper, Harper, Harper... tisk, tisk
Letters come back to haunt us, don't they? Of course they do. Especially those letters that are meant only for certain eyes. Perhaps many of you know by now that a letter was leaked by the Liberals that contained PM Harper's true feelings on the Kyoto Accord. Not surprisingly to those of us who dislike the man and his ideological views, it consisted of rhetorical babble about the environment and climate change. Let me go over but a few of my personal favourite lines:
"the job-killing, economy-destroying Kyoto accord"
"Its based on tentative and contradictory scientific evidence about climate change"
"It focuses on carbon dioxide, which is essential to life, rather than upon pollutants"
"Canada is the only country in the world required to make significant cuts in emissions. Third World countries are exempt..."
"As the effects trickle through other industries, workers and consumers everywhere in Canada will lose"
This is actually in the letter. I have a few thinks to say in response:
1) jobs won't go away and the economy won't suffer if you come up with innovative policies and actions to improve environmentally friendly means of producing energy and help to retrain people in different areas if necessary. Sitting on you duff and complaining doesn't do anything;
2) the idea that the scientific evidence that explains climate change is innacurate is a non-issue today (or even in 2002 when the letter was written). Making this type of argument reflects an arogant view of the impact human's have on the earth. Just because its big doesn't mean you can't break it! THERE ARE 6 BILLION OF US!;
3) Yes, carbon dioxide is essential to life, on this we agree. But the carbon dioxide that is being spewed into the air nowadays used to be the air the dinosaurs breathed. That is not a good thing. Its stuck in the ground for a reason (NB: if Harper doesn't believe in the scientific evidence of mankind's impact on the earth, however, then he probably doesn't believe in dinosaurs);
4) This one really pisses me off. The idea that Canada can't bear the costs of changing its environmental reform and needs the assurance that Third World countries take up the slack is absolutely rediculous and ignorant. Several studies have shown that those most responsible for climate change are the rich countries like Canada, whereas those most affected by it are the poor third world countries. Act responsible and Grow Up!
5) The last quote is funny to me. I have never heard an economic conservative use the idea of "trickle" down in a negative connotation.
Well thats my rant. Please respond if you feel so inclined...but only if you believe in dinosaurs.
"the job-killing, economy-destroying Kyoto accord"
"Its based on tentative and contradictory scientific evidence about climate change"
"It focuses on carbon dioxide, which is essential to life, rather than upon pollutants"
"Canada is the only country in the world required to make significant cuts in emissions. Third World countries are exempt..."
"As the effects trickle through other industries, workers and consumers everywhere in Canada will lose"
This is actually in the letter. I have a few thinks to say in response:
1) jobs won't go away and the economy won't suffer if you come up with innovative policies and actions to improve environmentally friendly means of producing energy and help to retrain people in different areas if necessary. Sitting on you duff and complaining doesn't do anything;
2) the idea that the scientific evidence that explains climate change is innacurate is a non-issue today (or even in 2002 when the letter was written). Making this type of argument reflects an arogant view of the impact human's have on the earth. Just because its big doesn't mean you can't break it! THERE ARE 6 BILLION OF US!;
3) Yes, carbon dioxide is essential to life, on this we agree. But the carbon dioxide that is being spewed into the air nowadays used to be the air the dinosaurs breathed. That is not a good thing. Its stuck in the ground for a reason (NB: if Harper doesn't believe in the scientific evidence of mankind's impact on the earth, however, then he probably doesn't believe in dinosaurs);
4) This one really pisses me off. The idea that Canada can't bear the costs of changing its environmental reform and needs the assurance that Third World countries take up the slack is absolutely rediculous and ignorant. Several studies have shown that those most responsible for climate change are the rich countries like Canada, whereas those most affected by it are the poor third world countries. Act responsible and Grow Up!
5) The last quote is funny to me. I have never heard an economic conservative use the idea of "trickle" down in a negative connotation.
Well thats my rant. Please respond if you feel so inclined...but only if you believe in dinosaurs.
posted by abc123 at 7:27 PM
1 Comments:
TISK TISK IS RIGHT!! Seeing those small quotes from Harper's letter just makes me dispise him that much more, as well as Conservative voting. If he is just going to continue complaining about Kyoto or about cutting emissions because it will hurt our economy, well BOOHOO to him. We must have a leader in power that will contribute to our environment (Positive approaches). Also his comment about third world countries being excluded he clearly finds that unfair, BUT let's just get it straight who are the biggest consumers and biggest polluters in the world oh yes that's right, us the developed nations (especially the western hemisphere). We OWE it to the third world countries to take a pro-active approach due to our massive consumption lifestyle we guiltily live on a daily basis. Those quotes just made me more enraged about Harper. Too bad all he gives a damn about is our economy and kissing George W Bush's butt (sorry, just a little angry as you can tell hhaha). But we must look beyond strengthening our economy and look at environmental issues that have been shunned by past governments. Even though Harper is making a blatant stance that he does not give a crap about lowering emissions and probably doing much for our environment. He just uses the environment for political gain, that's if any improved policies will be established.
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