Horgan Unveils Economic Recovery Plan, Dodges Election Questions
Kai Nagata, Dogwood writer said, “Our politicians are drilling holes in the lifeboat, while we bail out the water. They’re shovelling your money into the gaping jaws of oil and gas, to pay for more fracking and pipelines. It has to stop.
You don’t have to go to California to see that it’s real, either. You just have to sniff the air here in British Columbia’s capital these past few days.
Never mind COVID-19, as bad as it may be. When America’s suburbs start to burn, baby, burn, America’s party of climate change denial will be done like dinner. After all, a police station in flames in Minneapolis doesn’t hold a candle, if you’ll pardon a combustion metaphor, to 60-foot walls of flame roaring across a state with a population of 40 million.
Still, deny it some will — especially in petroleum-dependent places like Alberta. Which is presumably what Kenney’s “anti-Alberta” inquiry commissioner Steve Allan is trying to figure out how to do without actually analyzing any facts, because the facts are certainly not co-operating with the Alberta government’s narrative these days.
Recognizing The Scumbag Of The Year
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occurs. About a week ago it was decided this website should keep a
running list of the damages so that it can be reviewed when one needs a
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Recognizing The Scumbag Of The Year: It’s impossible to keep track of the damage the UCP government is
doing to Alberta. The sheer volume of it is overwhelming. It will be
difficult to remember the worst of it when the next provincial election
occurs. About a week ago it was decided this website should keep a
running list of the damages so that it can be reviewed when one needs a
refresher.The forum is an ideal place for this. A central topic can have many
sub-topics. It will make it easy to keep a list. You can create an
account on this website to login and post items you want to share. There
are a few already in place, if you would like to see some examples. If
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While public attention is elsewhere oil and gas industry takes advantage | Starr’s Point: The waning of concern about climate change may also be because Canada
has so far dodged many of the bullets climate change usually fires in
our direction. Events like 100-degree Fahrenheit temperatures in Siberia
or inferno-level 54 Celsius (130F) in Death Valley, California, seem
less threatening if there are no headlines about fires, floods and
hurricanes in this country. Until smoke from the west coast fires began
drifting east this week, this summer’s drought in New Brunswick and
parts of Nova Scotia was about the worst of it for Canadians.
But while good luck and the pandemic pushed climate change down the
issues agenda, the federal government’s economic response to COVID-19
also provided cover for more subsidies to the oil and gas industry. In
April, the feds gave $1.7 billion to clean up abandoned wells in Alberta
and its two neighbouring provinces, and $750 million for emissions
reduction measures, costs that should be borne by the industry. The
Liberals also offered expanded credit support for small and medium-sized
energy companies through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
and Export Development Canada (EDC).
While public attention is elsewhere oil and gas industry takes advantage | Starr’s Point: The waning of concern about climate change may also be because Canada
has so far dodged many of the bullets climate change usually fires in
our direction. Events like 100-degree Fahrenheit temperatures in Siberia
or inferno-level 54 Celsius (130F) in Death Valley, California, seem
less threatening if there are no headlines about fires, floods and
hurricanes in this country. Until smoke from the west coast fires began
drifting east this week, this summer’s drought in New Brunswick and
parts of Nova Scotia was about the worst of it for Canadians.But while good luck and the pandemic pushed climate change down the
issues agenda, the federal government’s economic response to COVID-19
also provided cover for more subsidies to the oil and gas industry. In
April, the feds gave $1.7 billion to clean up abandoned wells in Alberta
and its two neighbouring provinces, and $750 million for emissions
reduction measures, costs that should be borne by the industry. The
Liberals also offered expanded credit support for small and medium-sized
energy companies through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
and Export Development Canada (EDC).Read More
