How can you trust this man to do what is needed to save the earth for future generations?
News reports yesterday showed the dimensions of the problem facing us: carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing, not levelling off. This means the blanket of greenhouse gases around our world is increasing, and therefore the earth’s surface will continue to heat up.
How serious is this problem? Lovelock, the man who gave us the concept of Gaia (earth as a self-regulating, interdependent system), has called it a threat to civilization as we know it.
Now, how is Harper dealing with climate change?
Dishonestly.
The Tory position is one of deception, one of manipulation of scientific facts, one of sleight of hand, and one of avoidance.
Contrast this with Dion’s approach. This sincere man has staked his future in politics on grappling with the environmental problem posed by global warming. He has come up with an environmental plan, the Green Shift, which goes much further in dealing with the threat to earth (and to our civilization) than any other party’s policies do.
And he has done so in an honest fashion.
So the question about Harper remains: How can we trust this man to deal honestly and effectively with the threat to our civilization posed by global warming?
I don’t think we can.
