H/t Graeme McKay
Given the massive turnout for yesterday's climate strike, one can perhaps be forgiven for questioning the motives of Justin Trudeau marching in the Montreal rally. While the pipeline purchaser continues to insist twinning the Trans Mountain conduit is vital to his plan for saving the planet, some are not so easily fooled.
Greta Thunberg is one of them:
The 16-year-old Swede met privately with the Canadian prime minister but later told a news conference with local indigenous leaders that he was “not doing enough” to curb greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.But Mr. Trudeau is nothing if not relentless in his rhetoric:
“My message to all the politicians around the world is the same. Just listen and act on the current best available science,” she said.
The prime minister said after meeting Thunberg and pledging to fund the planting of 2bn trees: “I agree with her entirely. We need to do more.”Platitudes and posturing will not save the planet. Only earnest, sustained and concerted action hold out a modicum of hope.
Fat chance of that happening, eh?
