FELDSTED -- Canada stands out as a nation willing to limit economic growth and reduce her standard of living as a disciple of IPCC propaganda

From left to right, Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May, Jagmeet Singh

The other day I was reading an article which held that since the federal NDP and Green parties endorsed action to combat climate change, and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were committed to combating climate change, most electors had climate change as their primary issue in the past election.

I will give the authors an “A” for twisting reality to suit an agenda. The NDP and Greens can make any policy declaration they like. They will not govern and will never be held accountable for their positions.

The position of the Liberal party is neither rational nor reasonable. Man-made carbon emissions (anthropogenic carbon) are a worldwide problem requiring worldwide solutions. No nation can deal with anthropogenic carbon emissions on its own.

The spectre raised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) requires that we measure the overall response of nations in combating emissions. We already know that most nations are not on track to meet Paris Accord reduction targets.

The Paris Accord was a failure before the ink was dry on the document.

The pretense that nations with moderate or low emissions can turn the tide of carbon emissions is silly. The major reason why many nations will not commit to the Paris agreement reductions is that they are not willing to wreck their economies to meet reduction targets.

Canada stands out as a nation willing to limit economic growth and reduce her standard of living as a disciple of IPCC propaganda. That virtue signalling that is harmful to the nation and her people.

Our governments refuse to admit that worldwide efforts to combat climate change are not working. Instead of turning our attention to how we can best deal with the effects of climate change, and minimize damage to our infrastructure and society, we are squandering our resources and future on efforts to limit world carbon emissions we cannot and will not achieve.

The cries that “Canada must do her part” are arrogant nonsense.

Canada, like other nations, must do what is best for Canada. Blind adherence to the questionable forecasts of the IPCC does not warrant undermining our economic engines or reducing our standard of living.

We don’t have a climate emergency ... we have a five-alarm fire raging in parliament.

Common sense, accountability, logic, reason and responsibility are under siege by irresponsible and reckless ideologues. That is our real emergency.   

John Feldsted
Political commentator, Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg, Manitoba