The Canadian Government’s reluctance to take any kind of a stand on climate matters is really starting to bring my piss to a boil. As a Canadian child of the 80′s who grew up during a time when we were leaders of the environment – saving forests from being clear-cut, establishing the Montreal Protocol to deal with the problems CFC’s were causing (which even had the support of Ronald Reagan) and the promotion of the Three R’s – it’s absolutely infuriating to watch Canada with its head in the sand at the international climate talks in Durban.
I’m not quite sure what it’s going to take until the threat of human induced climate change is taken seriously. A massive drought that threatens our water and food supply? Weather patterns that physically disrupt our comfortable way of life? When an alarming number of biologists and climate specialists warn that we’re already starting to see some devastating impacts of carbon output, it doesn’t lead me to believe that the Harper Government is really looking out for my best interests.
Shame on you Peter Kent.
