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.”

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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