In today's Star, columnist Christopher Hume reminds us of a few 'inconvenient truths':
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s move to “streamline” the environmental review process and muzzle the environmental movement was deeply disturbing, but Canadians will happily turn the other cheek.
Licking our lips in anticipation of tarsands trillions, Canadians, let alone Canadian politicians, are cheerfully signing up as our corner of the planet is plundered beyond recognition....
We can no longer see beyond the next fix....
As shrill as the deniers might be, we all know that the current path leads to degradation and devastation. Despite mounting evidence, including our own winter that wasn’t, we prefer to keep our collective head buried in the tar sand....
His depressing assessment of our own shortsightedness notwithstanding, I hope you will find time to read Hume's entire piece.
i am less complicit:i parked my car, removed the plate, got an ebike and a bus pass
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