Only Tories ignore Great Lakes and river
The Conservatives are the only federal party who are ignoring the state of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence, but that fits with their view of the planet as something to be pillaged for profit, rather than preserved and protected for the future.
Charles 13:30 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
The conservatives have ignored questionnaires sent by different groups on the environment, public transit and the arts. They don’t seem very interested in democracy. The people voting for them seem only interested in lower taxes and not having to vote every two years….
qatzelok 14:37 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
The Conservatives work as hard at ignoring various bad things about corporate capitalism. This is their function. They make corporate capitalism seem rational by externalizing the costs in their spin.
Tux 15:00 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
Yeah, basically the conservatives are happy to sell out future generations for a more prosperous (for corporations anyway) immediate future. They’re myopic, narrow-minded, hetero-normative, misogynist, … basically a cultural cancer if you ask me. A sickness of the mind that’s virulent enough to infect enough people to run a campaign. Thankfully the innoculation for Conservative-itis is exposure to a wide variety of cultures and viewpoints along with reasoned discussion about same; things that can be imported via the internet even when not available locally. I’ve got hope that our kids and their kids will do better, not worse! :)
naftee 15:22 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
Wow! Talk about socialist drivel. How does evil “corporate capitalism” have anything to do with the Ontario government’s nuclear waste producing reactors? It’s quite possible that the waste from these “government capitalism” machines spills out into the Great Lakes and creates a serious environmental hazard. I’d like to see Walmart or Videotron or some other private corporation with the possibility of making an environmental catastrophe even approaching this scale.
walkerp 15:52 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
If Harper and his cronies had their way, the Ontario Energy Commission would be privatized and so would the nuclear industry and while I agree that nuclear power managed (or semi-managed as the case may be) by the government is bad, it would be much, much worse if left entirely in private hands.
naftee 16:55 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
How on earth would the Harper minions go about privatizing a provincial crown corporation? I’m no constitutional expert, but I’m pretty sure that it’s entirely up to the provinces to decide and manage this sort of thing. Just think about the backlash if any Conservative even thought about privatizing Hydro Québec.
I’m getting a little off-topic here, but seeing as the Great Lakes lie entirely within Ontario and most of the St Lawrence is entirely within Quebec, it’d be nice to see both provinces come up with a joint plan on protecting these treasures. But I suppose that’s an issue for another election.
Peter 20:04 on 2011/04/28 Permalink
Yes I believe a reasoned discussion is in order, but surely using the analogy of disease (cultural cancer, virulent, inoculation) to describe the political persuasion of 40% of Canada’s population falls beyond the realm of reasonable. In fact, it’s pretty disgusting when compared to historical antecedents, which I won’t mention here so as not to go off-topic. The Conservatives are the ONLY party ignoring the state of the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence. I’d say it applies equally to all parties. What did the Liberals do in the 12 years they were in power.
Talking about selling-out future generations, it’s the NDP that wants to DOUBLE current CPP benefits. With our aging population, it’s a totally irresponsible thing to do. By the time under 40 year olds retire, the whole system will be bankrupt and we’ll all be working into our 80s.