FELSTED: A government chasing elusive dreams and ideology instead of paying attention to its responsibilities drives me to distraction
NATIONAL POST: The
centrepiece of Canada’s innovation strategy is the $950-million “supercluster”
initiative. The goal, according to the federal government, is for companies of
all sizes, academia and the non-profit sector to collaborate on new
technologies, to spur economic growth and create jobs.
There
are doubts about if the artificial intelligence supercluster will work and who
it will serve.
“I don’t know how it’s going to work. But I think the mission that Minister
(Navdeep) Bains has given us is to make Canada more competitive in the
innovation sector,” the chief executive of Optel Group said in an interview at
the end of November. “I don’t have the answer, and I’m stressed about that, but
I’m OK to jump in and try.
The federal government is ready too, having finalized an agreement in
December to give Scale AI $230 million of the $950 million earmarked for its
supercluster program.”
A
government that can’t
procure a functional employee pay system after spending $$ hundreds of millions
is not qualified to make a judgement on this investment. It is just another
$230 million in public funds tossed to Quebec business.
A
government chasing elusive dreams and ideology instead of paying attention to
its responsibilities drives me to distraction.
Those
who claim they can “save the planet” by taxing a natural ingredient of our air,
land and water are fools. CO2 is a vital element for sustaining
life. Without sufficient quantities in the atmosphere, we will perish. Reducing
carbon dioxide levels imperils our survival.
Governments
believing that they can regulate carbon dioxide levels is preposterous.
Man-made emissions are a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of atmospheric CO2,
somewhere around 1/30 of 1/25 of atmospheric gases or 0.0013%. I challenge
anyone to produce evidence that the people of any nation asked their government
to stop global warming before the IPCC launched its hoax.
Our
climate changes, are driven by forces we do not understand. If our government
could influence global warming, can you imagine the wars fought over who
controls the thermostat? Those calling on us to combat climate change are
shysters, pretending that they have learned a secret that allows them to
manipulate our climate.
Chasing
dreams of harnessing artificial intelligence and controlling climate is
irresponsible.
Claiming
that we must not develop our oil and gas resources because that will harm the
planet steps over the irresponsible line into willful destructiveness that no
one in government can logically, rationally or reasonably justify.
Governments
don’t even try. They demand our acceptance. Anyone promoting an idea or product
with that approach rings the fraud alert alarm bells.
The
only reason we are caught up in this vicious cycle of self-destruction is that
our politicians refuse to admit they have been swindled. Someone might get
suspicious that they are human rather than having been elevated to demi-god
status through election.
Our
government must get our resources to market and make Canada energy
self-sufficient.
That
would have immediate and tangible benefits to our economy and the well-being of
our citizens. Dreaming about ‘green plan’ jobs is hypothesis. Oil extraction,
drilling and development, building pipelines, pumping stations and refineries
has a proven record of job creation ... real jobs ... on the ground ... now and
for decades into the future.
It is
disturbing that none of our political parties is willing to admit that they too
have been taken in. No matter how much lipstick they put on the climate change
pig, we need to turn it into breakfast sausage to feed the homeless.
Our
political leadership desperately needs a reality check.
John
Feldsted
Political Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg,
Manitoba
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