CBC news online has just reported that opposition MPs passed the Kyoto bill despite Tory resistance: even though the ruling Conservatives voted against it, opposition parties pushed through a Liberal MP's bill requiring the government to meet Kyoto targets.
The fact of the matter is that even meeting Kyoto targets is simply not enough. I was reading through some of the comments that Canadians were posting on the CBC site in response to this and felt physically sick by some of them. There is so much mis-information. And, so many poeple who just don't give a shit. If they get the impression that they have to give up anything in their overly plush lives, then forget about it. One even said that we will become a third world country. We shouldn't ignore such opinions. In fact, we need to confront them. Where to begin....
The fact of the matter is that even meeting Kyoto targets is simply not enough. I was reading through some of the comments that Canadians were posting on the CBC site in response to this and felt physically sick by some of them. There is so much mis-information. And, so many poeple who just don't give a shit. If they get the impression that they have to give up anything in their overly plush lives, then forget about it. One even said that we will become a third world country. We shouldn't ignore such opinions. In fact, we need to confront them. Where to begin....
Go Professor!
Here's the thing that irked me the most. Our own Minister of the Environment claimed, after the bill passed, that "It's really a toothless tiger. All it does is talk about more plans and more studies … we need real action," he said before the vote."
Real Action? Please, do tell!
Canadian apathy/resistance blows my mind sometimes