Peter Jones 
Dear Mr. Chong, Earlier this year I wrote Michael Scheer on behalf of For Our Grandchildren (4RG,) requesting the Conservative Party make public its policy on Climate Change. There was no reply to our request from either Mr. Scheer or Ed Fast, then the Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Sheer stated several times … Read more
Yesterday Andrew Scheer made public the platform of the Federal Conservative Party on climate change. This platform is all about the really big emitters . . . and “green technology”. There is nothing in the platform to encourage individual Canadians to contribute to limiting Canada’s emissions. Scheer claimed that the platform promotes “green technology, not … Read more
Many Canadian politicians have criticized a carbon tax. The newly-elected Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, described it as “the carbon tax cash grab”. Premier Doug Ford of Ontario referred to it as “the worst tax ever”, claiming that putting a price on carbon will increase the price “of everything”. Ford welcomed Kenny as another strong … Read more
In May 2014 Prince Charles warned that “nature’s life support systems” are under threat from climate change, overfishing, deforestation and the widening gap between rich and poor. He noted that he was even more focused on these threats now that he has a grandson, Prince George.” Five years later Prince Charles emphasized his concerns during … Read more
After winning the 2018 election, the Ontario Conservative Party acted quickly in setting aside climate change legislation and mitigation measures. To make sure that voters got its message, the Conservative Government eliminated the words “climate change” from the title of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change – re-naming it as the … Read more
All the pre-election polls forecast a close race, but none projected that Scott Morrison and the Liberal coalition would form the next Government of Australia. So what factor(s) made the difference? And how might similar factor(s) influence the outcome of the forthcoming Canadian election. In his victory speech, Morrison referred to “the quiet Australians” who … Read more
Many years ago (January 2011) we referred to “Political Change for a Climate in Crisis”, an introduction to our first Public Forum on climate change. In a later blog we noted that A World Public Health Crisis is coming! Shortly thereafter we referred to the theme of a book “The Great Disruption”: Why the Climate … Read more
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